"Moonrise" of Dinkinesh's Satellite (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

"Moonrise" of Dinkinesh's Satellite

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New images captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft confirmed that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is a binary. This image shows the “moonrise” of Dinkinesh’s satellite. The SwRI-led mission will fly by 11 total asteroids over its 12-year mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.

 

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NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL

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