NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Space Daily

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San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 26, 2025

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has its next flyby target, the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, in its sights. By blinking between images captured by Lucy on Feb. 20 and 22, this animation shows the perceived motion of Donaldjohanson relative to the background stars as the spacecraft rapidly approaches the asteroid. Lucy will pass within 596 miles (960 km) of the 2-mile-wide asteroid on Apr

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