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Bennu

Proper noun

Meaning

(Egyptian mythology, often with "the") A self-created deity with the form of a bird (in New Kingdom artwork, a heron) that features in the ancient Egyptian creation myth and is also described as the ba (soul) of Ra.

(astronomy) The near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu.

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Examples

According to Nasa, the pinnacle of the operation came as the ancient but well-preserved asteroid, known as Bennu, was more than 321 million kilometres from our planet. Source: Internet

Asteroid Bennu is among the millions of asteroids found in our solar system. Source: Internet

Another study has contended that the ejections could be the result of small meteoroids smacking into Bennu. Source: Internet

He added that it is almost certain that the water on Earth was brought by asteroids like Bennu, building a connection between human life and the asteroids. Source: Internet

For instance, scientists are interested in studying Bennu because it hasn’t undergone drastic changes since its formation over billions of years ago and therefore it contains chemicals and rocks dating back to the birth of the solar system. Source: Internet

NASA’s robot is about to land on asteroid Bennu to unlock the secrets of lifeA meeting between OSIRIS-REx and Bennu will mark the first NASA mission to collect material from the. Source: Internet

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