The Size-Frequency Distribution of Boulders >10 m on Asteroid 101955 Bennu: landing safety and scientific return.


Maurizio Pajola1, Daniella N DellaGiustina2, Carina A Bennett3, Keara N. Burke3, Dante S Lauretta2, Bashar Rizk3, Marco Delbo4, Kevin John Walsh5, John Robert Brucato6, Elisabetta Dotto7, Beau Bierhaus8, Humberto Campins9, Michael G Daly10, Catherine M Elder11, Patrick Michel12, Jamie Molaro13, Michael C Nolan14, Stephen R Schwartz3,15 and The OSIRIS-REx Team, (1)INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Padova, Italy, (2)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, (5)University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, (6)National Institute for Astrophysics, Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, Firenze, Italy, (7)INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Rome, Italy, (8)Lockheed Martin, Littleton, United States, (9)University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, (10)York University, Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, Toronto, ON, Canada, (11)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (12)UNS-CNRS-Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France, (13)Planetary Science Institute, Pasadena, CA, United States, (14)Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR, United States, (15)Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice, France