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most citedOSIRIS-REx: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu

669 citations · 1.3k across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

OSIRIS-REx Returned a Pristine Sample of Asteroid Bennu: Takeaways from the Mission's Contamination Control and Knowledge Program

Jason P. Dworkin, Scott A. Sandford, Nicole G. Lunning +81

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission had the objective of delivering a pristine sample from asteroid (101955) Bennu to Earth for scientific analysis--where "pristine" signifies the absence of…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 10 cited

Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the Laboratory: Properties of the Sample Collected by OSIRIS-REx

Dante S. Lauretta, Harold C. Connolly, Joseph E. Aebersold +50

On 24 September 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission dropped a capsule to Earth containing approximately 120 g of pristine carbonaceous regolith from Bennu. We describe the delivery a…

astro-ph.EP2024

QRIS: A Quantitative Reflectance Imaging System for the Pristine Sample of Asteroid Bennu

Ruby E. Fulford, Dathon R. Golish, Dante S. Lauretta +12

The Quantitative Reflectance Imaging System (QRIS) is a laboratory-based spectral imaging system constructed to image the sample of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by the Origins…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 11 cited

Meteorite Parent Body Aqueous Alteration Simulations of Interstellar Residue Analogs

Danna Qasim, Hannah L. McLain, Jose C. Aponte +3

Some families of carbonaceous chondrites are rich in prebiotic organics that may have contributed to the origin of life on Earth and elsewhere. However, the formation and chemical…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 39 cited

Airfall on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

B. J. R. Davidsson, S. Birch, G. A. Blake +11

We here study the transfer process of material from one hemisphere to the other (deposition of airfall material) on an active comet nucleus, specifically 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 48 cited

The impact and recovery of asteroid 2018 LA

Peter Jenniskens, Mohutsiwa Gabadirwe, Qing-Zhu Yin +63

The June 2, 2018, impact of asteroid 2018 LA over Botswana is only the second asteroid detected in space prior to impacting over land. Here, we report on the successful recovery of…