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Fig. 2

From: The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations

Fig. 2

Schematic illustrating visibility of detectable natural satellites. The minimum detectable diameter is given within the upper left corner of each search region. Bennu is marked at the center of the figure. Also marked is the Hill Sphere, or the region in which objects remain in orbit due to Bennu’s gravity. We completed an extensive search for natural satellites that sampled the entire Hill Sphere with a sensitivity to 24 cm satellite diameter. We detected none at this sensitivity level. Source data are provided in Supplementary Table 1

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