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Image: Bennu’s boulder-covered surface 20190411 bennu bird rock 0

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Description: This image shows asteroid Bennu’s boulder-covered surface. It was taken by the PolyCam camera on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on April 11, 2019, from a distance of 2.8 miles (4.5 km). The field of view is 211 ft (64.4 m), and the large boulder in the upper right corner of the image is 50 ft (15.4 m) tall. When the image was taken, the spacecraft was over the southern hemisphere, pointing PolyCam far north and to the west.
Title: Bennu’s boulder-covered surface 20190411 bennu bird rock 0
Credit: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/asteroid-features-to-be-named-after-mythical-birds
Author: NASA
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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