Bennu
- a variation of Benu.
Example Sentences
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Because Bennu orbits relatively close to Earth, it became a prime target for NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026
The uneven distribution of these chemical regions suggests that water did not affect Bennu in a single, uniform way.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026
Overall, the findings provide new insight into how water, minerals, and organic matter interacted on primitive asteroids like Bennu.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026
When NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned material from asteroid Bennu in 2023, scientists confirmed that the 4.6 billion year old rocks contained amino acids, the essential molecules that make life possible.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026
I am the great Bennu which is worshipped in On.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
