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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Reveals Surprising Complexity of Asteroid Dinkinesh
Lucy approached Dinkinesh in November 2023, revealing that it had a small moon now dubbed Selam. This smaller companion ...
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
Having launched on Oct. 16, 2021, Lucy encountered the asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon, Selam, in November of 2023. Like Donaldjohanson, Dinkinesh and Selam are also inhabitants of the asteroid ...
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Donaldjohnson Comparison (IMAGE)
This artist’s concept compares the approximate size of Lucy’s next asteroid target, Donaldjohanson, to the smallest main belt asteroids previously visited by spacecraft — Dinkinesh, visited by Lucy in ...
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NASA spacecraft gets first photos of Asteroid Donaldjohansen on way to exploring even bigger space prize
The spacecraft has valued experience as it successfully observed the tiny main belt asteroid Dinkinesh and its contact binary moon, Selam, in November 2023. NASA says this second asteroid ...