Benu
noun
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
Bennu
-
a variation of
Benu.
Example Sentences
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Bennu, Ryugu, and CI meteorites share strikingly similar isotopic fingerprints, suggesting that their original materials came from the same reservoir of ancient cosmic dust.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
With the Bennu analysis now complete, Schönbächler is looking ahead to another opportunity to examine material from the early Solar System.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Among them was Maria Schönbächler, Professor of Isotope Geochemistry at ETH Zurich, whose laboratory received half a gram of Bennu material.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
A new chemical analysis challenges earlier theories about the asteroid's birthplace and suggests that Jupiter played an important role in shaping the materials from which Bennu and other ancient objects formed.
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
