Open AccessNASA's New Asteroid Sampler Will Illuminate Solar System's History
Author(s) -
JoAnna Wendel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo057863
Subject(s) - asteroid , astrobiology , solar system , astronomy , environmental science , remote sensing , geology , physics
In 7 years, scientists hope to directly analyze materials from the asteroid Bennu, an object that may reveal what conditions were like in the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
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