OSIRIS-REx Approach Phase Astronomical Observations of Asteroid Bennu: Searches for Hazards and Lightcurve, Color and Phase Function Photometry


Carl Hergenrother1, Chester Maleszewski2, Theodore R Kareta2, Steven R Chesley3, Eric Christensen2, Beth Clark4, Daniella N DellaGiustina2, Christian d'Aubigny1, Dathon R Golish2, Dante S Lauretta2, Jian-Yang Li5, Michael C Nolan1, Vishnu Reddy2, Bashar Rizk1, Daniel Jay Scheeres6, Frank Shelly2 and Xiao-Duan Zou7, (1)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, United States, (5)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, United States, (6)University of Colorado Boulder, Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States