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Asteroid Bennu has 1 in 1,750 chance of smashing into ...
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101955 Bennu
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/101955-bennu/overview/
On Oct. 20, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully descended to the surface of asteroid Bennu and collected rocky material from sample site Nightingale during its Touch-and-Go (TAG) sample collection maneuver. Two days later, the mission team received images from OSIRIS-REx confirming the spacecraft had collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission requirements – acquiring at least 2 ounces (60 grams) of the asteroid’s surface material.
The team later successfully stored the sample in the Sample Return Capsule (SRC) for the spacecraft’s journey back to Earth.
On April 7, 2021, OSIRIS-REx will give Bennu one last glance before saying farewell. Before departing for Earth on May 10, 2021, the spacecraft will perform a final flyby of Bennu – capturing its last images of sample collection site Nightingale to look for transformations on Bennu’s surface after the Oct. 20, 2020, sample collection event.
OSIRIS-REx will deliver the sample to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
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Scientists estimate Bennu has a 1‐in‐2,700 chance of impacting the Earth during one of its close approaches to the Earth in the late 22nd century.
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