Greetings Meteorite_List Friends,
Here is a meteorite-related, short term project you might enjoy from the
comfort of your home that will have real impact!
From now until July 10th you can help the OSIRIS-REx mission map rocks,
boulders, and craters on asteroid Bennu via CosmoQuest's Bennu Mappers
project! Your help is greatly appreciated and it gives you a chance to
explore amazing images... "meteoroids in situ on their parent body"!
Personally I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the variety of rocks on
Bennu; absolutely breathtaking and intriguing with better images to
come! The data acquired by Bennu Mappers and the science team will
inform decisions on the best possible sites for the
Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) collection. See here
for more details:
https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=nasa-invites-public-help-asteroid-mission-choose-sample-site
https://bennu.cosmoquest.org/
Best regards,
Dolores Hill
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Dolores H. Hill
Sr. Research Specialist
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92
The University of Arizona
1629 E. University Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/
OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team
Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program
Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program
Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League
Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section
http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/
http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids
http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf
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