Potential OSIRIS-REx sample sites mapped by Canada's OLA instrument

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Potential OSIRIS-REx sample sites mapped by Canada's OLA instrument

2019-08-29 - These detailed views of four potential sample sites on asteroid Bennu (complete with boulders, craters and other geological features) are based on a series of measurements taken by the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), the Canadian laser instrument aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.

Image creation: Michael Daly, Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University

(Credits: NASA, University of Arizona, Canadian Space Agency, York University, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA))

• OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission
• Bennu, 510 metres
• Four potential sample sites measured by the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA)
• Kingfisher
• Osprey
• Nightingale
• Sandpiper
• Credits: NASA/University of Arizona/Canadian Space Agency/York University/MDA
• Image creation: Michael Daly, Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University

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