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. 2020 May 26;117(21):11187-11190.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2005076117. Epub 2020 May 6.

News Feature: Diamonds in the rubble

Nola Taylor Redd

News Feature: Diamonds in the rubble

Nola Taylor Redd. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The asteroid Bennu ejects particles from its surface in January 2019—a phenomenon captured in an image composed from multiple photos. Image credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin.
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For scale, the rock casting a shadow on the bumpy boulder (Top Center) is 4 feet (1.1 meter) long. The image is from the mission’s Orbital B phase in August of 2019. Image credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona.
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The intended touchdown (Arrow) of Hayabusa2 was near Ryugu's northern hemisphere, photographed here with an optical navigation camera in January of 2019. Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST.
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The small asteroid lander, MASCOT (Upper Left), separates from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft in October 2019 and heads to the surface of Ryugu to collect data. Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST.
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