Newslink: Diamond Asteroids: How Bennu and Ryugu Got Their Fancy Shapes

in #newslink • 5 years ago

The striking diamond shapes of the space rocks Ryugu and Bennu — the targets of the sample-return missions Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx, respectively — apparently result from the near-Earth asteroids' rubble-pile composition.

https://www.space.com/42377-asteroids-bennu-ryugu-why-diamond-shape.html

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