PULL · 12 OCT 2020

This was
your sky.

Descending Toward Asteroid Bennu

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What would it be like to land on an asteroid? This video shows a simulated descent to asteroid 101955 Bennu, based on a digital map from OSIRIS-REx. The robotic spacecraft is scheduled to collect a sample from Bennu to return to Earth for analysis in 2023. Bennu is about 500 meters across and diamond-shaped.

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Descending Toward Asteroid Bennu
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Descending Toward Asteroid Bennu
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 12 OCT 2020 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 12 OCT 2020.

THE ALMANAC FOR 12 OCT 2020
DAY
Monday
MOON
Waning crescent, 22% lit
POSITION
Day 286 of 366