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A high-resolution global basemap of (101955) Bennu

  • C. A. Bennett
  • , D. N. DellaGiustina
  • , K. J. Becker
  • , T. L. Becker
  • , K. L. Edmundson
  • , D. R. Golish
  • , R. J. Bennett
  • , K. N. Burke
  • , C. N.U. Cue
  • , B. E. Clark
  • , J. Contreras
  • , J. D.P. Deshapriya
  • , C. Drouet d'Aubigny
  • , G. Fitzgibbon
  • , E. R. Jawin
  • , T. Q. Nolan
  • , N. A. Porter
  • , M. M. Riehl
  • , H. L. Roper
  • , B. Rizk
  • Y. Tang, Z. Zeszut, R. W. Gaskell, E. E. Palmer, J. R. Weirich, M. M. Al Asad, L. Philpott, M. G. Daly, O. S. Barnouin, H. L. Enos, D. S. Lauretta

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Abstract

In early 2019, NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer) mission surveyed asteroid (101955) Bennu with a collection of instruments, including the OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS) PolyCam imager. Using PolyCam panchromatic images, we constructed a globally controlled basemap of Bennu at an approximate ground sample distance of 5 cm with a mean spatial accuracy of ~30 cm. The basemap was photometrically normalized using a Minneart phase angle correction. New mapping methods were developed to combine images of Bennu's irregular shape and extremely rough surface into a nearly seamless mosaic. Here we present the global basemap of Bennu and discuss the image processing techniques used to construct a high-resolution mosaic of an irregular small body.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number113690
JournalIcarus
Volume357
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 15 2021

Keywords

  • Asteroid surfaces
  • Asteroids
  • Image processing
  • Near-earth objects

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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