NASA's Lucy Mission Makes an Unexpected Discovery at Dinkinesh

  • Released Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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On Nov. 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair.



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This page was originally published on Wednesday, November 29, 2023.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 10:31 AM EST.


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