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NASA reveals shocking twist in Asteroid Dinkinesh tale!

3Nov

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NASA reveals shocking twist in Asteroid Dinkinesh tale!

[ad_1] Two for the price of one! NASA has just made a shocking revelation. NASA's Lucy mission, designed to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids which recently flew close by Asteroid Dinkinesh, revealed some surprising results. This Trojan asteroid had a huge secret that was finally exposed. The Lucy Mission spacecraft took images that found that the asteroid Dinkinesh is not just one asteroid. In fact, it is a binary pair floating in the orbit of Jupiter. Know more about the astonishing Asteroid Dinkinesh discovery here.Asteroid DinkineshAccording to a report published by NASA, scientists earlier speculated that the asteroid Dinkinesh was a binary pair, now the images revealed by the Lucy spacecraft instruments confirm the claims. The study based on preliminary analysis of the available im...

NASA’s Lucy mission spacecraft will fly by asteroid Dinikinesh for the first time

1Nov

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NASA’s Lucy mission spacecraft will fly by asteroid Dinikinesh for the first time

[ad_1] Asteroids have posed a threat to Earth with their close approaches throughout history. While most of these ancient space rocks have passed the planet at close proximity, a few of them have impacted Earth, altering the course of history itself. Perhaps the most famous asteroid impact in history is the asteroid which struck Earth 65 million years ago and kicked off the extinction of dinosaurs. Therefore, it is imperative that we discover and study these space rocks up close to minimize any uncertainties around their close approaches and predict any potential impact. This is where NASA's Lucy mission comes in.What is Lucy mission?To understand asteroids better, and study the ones not located in the asteroid belt, NASA launched its Lucy mission on October 16, 2021, from the Kennedy S...

Surprise! NASA’s Lucy spacecraft gets a new asteroid target!

26Jan

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Surprise! NASA’s Lucy spacecraft gets a new asteroid target!

[ad_1] NASA's Lucy team has identified a small, as-yet unnamed asteroid in the inner main belt, designated (152830) 1999 VD57, as a potential new and useful target for the spacecraft. NASA's Lucy spacecraft has got a new asteroid target. According to the information provided by the space research organisation, Lucy spacecraft will add another asteroid encounter to its 4-billion-mile journey. On November 1, 2023, the spacecraft will get a close-up view of a small main-belt asteroid to conduct an engineering test of the spacecraft's innovative asteroid-tracking navigation system. The Lucy mission is already breaking records by planning to visit nine asteroids during its 12-year tour of the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which orbit the Sun at the same distance as Jupiter. Originally, Lucy...

Asteroid hunting Lucy looks back at Earth from space! NASA shares astounding photo

9Jan

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Asteroid hunting Lucy looks back at Earth from space! NASA shares astounding photo

[ad_1] The amazing cameras on NASA’s asteroid hunting Lucy spacecraft have captured captivating images of Earth. Whenever we mention the word Earth, the image that pops up in our mind is of a round blue planet hanging in space. However, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, designed to explore asteroids near Jupiter looked back at Earth and captured captivating images of our home planet and Moon. The color? All in grey. Informing about the same, NASA's Earth Observatory said, "A spacecraft designed to investigate ancient asteroids near Jupiter will reach those distant targets with a little help from Earth. NASA's Lucy spacecraft is using Earth's gravity to help propel it beyond Mars. In the process, its cameras have captured captivating images of our home planet." The Terminal Tracking C...

NASA Lucy spacecraft captures stunning image of Earth as it heads towards trojan asteroids

27Oct

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NASA Lucy spacecraft captures stunning image of Earth as it heads towards trojan asteroids

[ad_1] NASA Lucy spacecraft has captured a stunning image of Earth at a distance of 620000 km from Earth. NASA Lucy spacecraft, the first mission to the Trojan asteroids, has captured a stunning image of Earth as well as a photo of the Earth and the Moon. NASA in its statement shared that the spacecraft has captured the image as a part of an instrument calibration sequence at a distance of 380,000 miles (620,000 km) from Earth. As per the image shared by the US space agency, the upper left of the image has a view of Hadar, Ethiopia. It was once home to the 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor fossil and the Lucy spacecraft will explore the same. Nasa said, “Lucy is the first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, an ancient population of asteroid "fossils" that orbit aroun...

Wow! NASA’s asteroid watcher, Lucy, seen in the sky during Earth flyby- shone like diamond

18Oct

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Wow! NASA’s asteroid watcher, Lucy, seen in the sky during Earth flyby- shone like diamond

[ad_1] Astronomers have spotted NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in the sky during its near-Earth flyby. It was shining like a diamond! The iconic rock band Beatles, gave the world the unforgettable song, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Its references in the real world keep coming back (remember Australopithecus afarensis?). Then came the Pink Floyd and gave us the incredible Shine on You Crazy Diamond. And now, NASA's Lucy spacecraft has given us an amalgamation of sorts, hopefully it is not a stretch- it flew by Earth and for some time, it was shining ever so brightly. Be that as it may, NASA's asteroid visiting Lucy spacecraft swung by Earth as part of its 12-year journey and was spotted by astronomers from Earth! The spacecraft completed a slingshot manoeuvre to gain momentum as it prepar...