Bennu Asteroid Could Strike Earth With the Force of 22 Atomic Bombs, Here's What We Know
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Bennu Near-Earth Asteroid Impact Risk and Tracking Updates
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Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, has garnered immediate attention from scientists, space enthusiasts, and the general public because of its low probability of impacting the Earth. The effects of an impact on the planet would be equivalent to the explosion of several dozen atomic bombs, tracking models show. With the most up-to-date tracking data, scientists are constantly studying this ancient rubble-pile space rock to prevent this from happening again in the future.