The picture of the asteroid 10195 Bennu here was taken from such a short distance that many of the individual rocks and boulders that make up its surface are visible.
But it's not the closest view we will get of the near-Earth asteroid as the same spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, will touch down on its surface during July of next year, pick up one of its rocks, and return to Earth in 2023. Just as long as it's careful not to bring back anything other than the rocks.
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