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Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Active Asteroid (101955) Bennu

  • Authors: David Jewitt, Max Mutchler, Yoonyoung Kim

David Jewitt et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 172 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 7.

Comparison of (top) mass-loss rates, dM/dt [kg s−1], (middle) nucleus radii, rn [km], and (bottom) specific mass-loss rates, ﹩{ \mathcal L }﹩ [kg km−2 s−1], for Bennu (B) and cometary bodies 133P/Elst–Pizarro, 2P/Encke, 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and C/1995 O1 (Hale–Bopp). The Bennu data refer to HST measurements from the present work.

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