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A small near-Earth asteroid from which NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission brought a sample back to Earth in 2023.
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
Wannan wani dutsen na rudu da aka riƙe tare da kusan babu komai, kuma ɗaya daga cikin wurare kaɗan a sararin samaniya da muka kawo wani ɓangare na baya zuwa ƙasa.
Bennu wani dutse ne mai arzikin karbon da ke kusan kilomita rabin tsawo: wata ƙungiya ce ta duwatsu da aka riƙe tare da ƙarfin jujjuyawar ƙasa. Kuma, lalle ne, haskensa ya kasance mai girma.
OSIRIS-REx ya tara kusan gram 120 na kayan daga samansa a cikin 2020 kuma ya kawo shi zuwa ƙasa a watan Satumba na shekarar 2023. Nazarin shi yana taimaka mana mu fahimci tsarin rana na farko da kuma taurari masu ƙarancin girma waɗanda za su iya kusantar ƙasa a wani lokaci.
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Kayan aiki da karatu suna amfani da siffofin sauƙi don koyon kawai. Ba za a iya amfani da su don tafiyar ruwa, shirin aiki ko wani hukuncin aiki ba. Shaidu ne kyauta kuma ba a amince da su ba. Ka karanta bayanin da ke cikin shirin koyarwa