PIA23554: Asteroid Bennu Particles
This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 6, 2019, was created by combining two images taken by the NavCam 1 imager aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
 Target Name:  Asteroid
 Product Size:  535 x 398 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  NASA 
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This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 6, 2019, was created by combining two images taken by the NavCam 1 imager aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft: a short exposure image, which shows the asteroid clearly, and a long-exposure image (five seconds), which shows the particles clearly. Other image-processing techniques were also applied, such as cropping and adjusting the brightness and contrast of each layer.

Image Credit:
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin

Image Addition Date:
2019-12-05