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How asteroid Bennu got its odd name and other facts

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OSIRIS-Rex will release a capsule holding a sample from Bennu in 2020 .

The asteroid will plunge 63,000 miles through space and plunge into Earth 's atmosphere.

Bennu is a little more than 1,600 feet wide, or about as long as the Empire State Building is tall.

It is named after an ancient Egyptian bird deity.

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