“Probe of Earth-Trojan Asteroid – Bennu” Speaker – Carl Hergenrother
Carl Hergenrother has discovered multiple asteroids and minor planets and is on the OSIRIS-Rex asteroid investigation team .
The mission, launched in 2016, will study asteroid 101955 Bennu by scooping up and returning it’s pristine material* back to earth for important scientific study. (*remanents that built the earth) Coincidentally asteroid Bennu also occupies a dangereous near-earth orbit! If successful, OSIRIS-REx will be the first US spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid.