Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May is about to publish a book of 3D photos of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, based on images collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft, which sampled the space rock in October 2020.
In addition to playing guitar with one of the most famous rock bands in history, May holds a doctorate in astronomy and is known for her keen interest in stereophotography (photography that simulates the human eye’s ability to perceive three-dimensional space).
The 76-year-old rock legend and Osiris-Rex (acronym for “Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security – Regolith Explorer”) principal investigator and planetary scientist Dante Lauretta.
Published by May’s Stereoscopic Company of London, “Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid” is described as the first-ever 3D atlas of an asteroid. asteroidwhich aims to tell the fascinating story of the space rock to a lay audience.
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Greetings from NASA Decide One of the most dangerous asteroids on Earth solar system.This space rock has about a 1 in 1,800 chance of impact Earth for the next 300 years.
When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission was brief landed on an asteroid In October 2020, trying to collect a small sample to bring back to Earth, it discovered a soft surface that nearly swallowed the probe. Still, the spacecraft managed to collect about 2 ounces (60 grams) of regolith from Bennu, which will be delivered to Earth this September.
Previously, the Japanese delegation Hayabusa 1 and Hayabusa 2 Collect dust from asteroids and bring it to Earth Itokawa and dragon palace in 2010 and 2020, respectively.
Between December 2018 and May 2021, OSIRIS-REx spent 2 1/2 years studying the 1,722-foot-wide (525-meter) Bennu. During this time, the probe took thousands of images of the asteroid and its surface.Some of these images were processed by May and mathematics researcher Claudia Manzoni and included in the book, which will be released on Thursday (July 27) and is now available for download Preorder on Amazon.
May has been working with the OSIRIS-REx team since January 2019, According to NASA. In March of that year, NASA released the first 3D images of Bennu processed by the musician, showing a massive 170-foot-wide (52 m) boulder protruding from Bennu’s southern hemisphere. The 3D visualizations May and Manzonni created even helped the OSIRIS-REx team choose a suitable landing site on the hazardous asteroid, whose surface is strewn with boulders and smaller rocks.
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