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Lucy, NASA and asteroid

Lucy spacecraft takes its first images of asteroid Donaldjohanson

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.

Space.com · 17h

NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) from the two-mile-wide (3.

Gizmodo · 12h

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Snaps First Look at Upcoming Asteroid Target

The main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson is now in sight as the Discovery Program mission prepares for a flyby of the object in April.

AOL · 1h

NASA spacecraft gets first photos of Asteroid Donaldjohansen on way to exploring even bigger space prize

Nasa’s Lucy spacecraft has got a new target in its sights. New photos have emerged of a small asteroid named Donaldjohanson.

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Your Last Chance To See Lucy In The Sky Before 2030 Is This Friday

After visiting Donaldjohanson, Lucy will reach the first group of Trojans – the ones preceding Jupiter in its orbit – in the summer of 2027. First, it will visit Eurybates and its moon on ...

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Lucy and the Primate Perspective

Ecocide is suicide. One of our most recent non-human ancestors was an Australopithecus afarensis nicknamed Lucy. Donald Johanson discovered her 50 years ago in Ethiopia and she has been helping us ...

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Lucy Trajectory (IMAGE)

The Lucy spacecraft will launch in 2021 and initially fly by the main belt asteroid DonaldJohanson, named for the paleoanthropologist who discovered the Lucy fossil. Lucy will then go on to ...

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Private Institute Briefs

Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson's biggest claim to scientific fame is his discovery 14 years ago of "Lucy," a three-million-year-old fossil hominid, our possible ancestor. Now, Johanson, the ...

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