Image: Bennu named surface features
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Description: This map shows the various surface features on Bennu with names approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The asteroid’s surface features — such as craters, dorsa (peaks or ridges), fossae (grooves or trenches) and saxa (rocks and boulders) — are named after birds and bird-like creatures in mythology.
Title: Bennu named surface features
Credit: https://www.asteroidmission.org/iau-features-3/
Author: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
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