Benu
noun
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
Bennu
-
a variation of
Benu.
Example Sentences
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"Bennu may offer our best glimpse of the original mix of chemical elements from which the terrestrial planets were ultimately built," as Schönbächler states.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
"Bennu is a hybrid: the material does not clearly match either the inner or the outer Solar System," says Schönbächler.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
For years, researchers generally believed that primitive asteroids like Bennu originated in the outer Solar System, perhaps in the same distant regions where comets formed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Instead, the researchers propose that the material that became Bennu, Ryugu, and CI meteorites accumulated near a boundary known as the water-ice line.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
This was known to the Egyptians as Bennu.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
