Chasing an Asteroid's Shadow

  • Released Thursday, December 16, 2021
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On October 20th, 2021, dozens of astronomers observed an occulation to gather data in support of NASA's Lucy Mission to the Trojan Asteroids.

Music is "No Lights" from Claude Samard of Universal Production Music.

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Observing occultations from Earth is one of the tools scientists have for gathering precise information about the size and shape of Lucy’s target destinations, known as “Trojan” asteroids.

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See http://nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/watching-the-blink-of-a-star-to-size-up-asteroids-for-nasa-s-lucy-mission

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This page was originally published on Thursday, December 16, 2021.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:43 PM EDT.

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