The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned regolith from asteroid Bennu to Earth September 24, 2023 [1]. As part of initial science allocations and sample analysis plan [2], JSC science team members received aggregate material from within the TAGSAM head (OREX-803017-0) to characterize. Here we report the results of analyses that have been carried out to determine mineralogic composition, surface features, and overall lithologic diversity in Bennu particles. These initial observations will inform additional analyses that will address the nature of pre-biotic and pre-solar material, formation location of Bennu, geologic history of the asteroid, and its impact/collisional/re-accretion history [3].


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    Title :

    Initial Characterization of Intermediate Bennu Particles to Evaluate Lithologic Diversity and Mineralogic and Redox Equilibria


    Contributors:
    K Righter (author) / K Thomas-Keprta (author) / L Le (author) / L P Keller (author) / A N Nguyen (author) / R S Harrington (author) / J Gorce (author) / S Clemett (author) / A S Burton (author) / E L Berger (author)

    Conference:

    55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2024 ; Houston, TX, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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