¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 November 3 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/F6Tkb8syTK8?rel=0 Tagging Bennu: The Movie Video Credit: [3]OSIRIS-REx, [4]NASA's GSFC, [5]U. Arizona, [6]Lockheed Martin Explanation: This is what it looks like to punch an asteroid. Last month, [7]NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx [8]descended toward, thumped into, and then quickly moved away from the small near-Earth asteroid [9]101955 Bennu. The [10]featured video depicts the [11]Touch-And-Go (TAG) sampling event over a three-hour period. As the movie begins, the automated [12]probe approaches the 500-meter, diamond-shaped, space rock as it rotates noticeably below. About 20 seconds into the video, [13]Nightingale comes into view -- a touchdown area chosen to be relatively flat and devoid of large boulders that could damage the spaceship. At 34 seconds, the shadow of [14]OSIRIS-REx's [15]sampling arm suddenly comes into view, while very soon thereafter [16]rocks and gravel fly from the arm's abrupt hard impact. The [17]wily spacecraft was able to capture and successfully stow some of [18]Bennu's ejecta for [19]return to Earth for a [20]detailed analysis. This long return is scheduled to start in 2021 March with arrival back on [21]Earth in 2023 September. If the [22]return sample does successfully reach Earth, it will be [23]scrutinized for [24]organic compounds that might have seeded a [25]young Earth, rare or unusual elements and minerals, and clues about the [26]early history of our [27]Solar System. Tomorrow's picture: waves of gravity __________________________________________________________________ [28]< | [29]Archive | [30]Submissions | [31]Index | [32]Search | [33]Calendar | [34]RSS | [35]Education | [36]About APOD | [37]Discuss | [38]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [39]Robert Nemiroff ([40]MTU) & [41]Jerry Bonnell ([42]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [43]Specific rights apply. [44]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [45]ASD at [46]NASA / [47]GSFC & [48]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/F6Tkb8syTK8?rel=0 3. https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex 4. https://www.nasa.gov/goddard 5. https://osirisrex.arizona.edu/ 6. https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/osiris-rex.html 7. https://www.nasa.gov/ 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201012.html 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu 10. https://www.asteroidmission.org/navcam2_tag_single_loop_complete_small_gif/ 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201022.html 12. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/update-incredible-footage-of-osiris-rex-tagging-an-asteroid 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191223.html 14. https://www.nasa.gov/content/osiris-rex-spacecraft 15. https://www.asteroidmission.org/asteroid-operations/tagsam_head/ 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190312.html 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-REx 18. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/101955-bennu/overview/ 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181104.html 20. https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/705/995/a66.png 21. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/ 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181104.html 23. https://synergylabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dog-microscope.jpg 24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_compound 25. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwWWuttntio 26. https://mobile.arc.nasa.gov/public/iexplore/missions/pages/yss/november.html 27. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/in-depth/ 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201102.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 32. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 35. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 37. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=201103 38. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201104.html 39. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 40. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 41. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 42. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 43. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 44. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 45. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 46. https://www.nasa.gov/ 47. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 48. http://www.mtu.edu/