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NASA, Lucy and asteroid

Mashable on MSN · 7h

NASA spacecraft zooms by strange asteroid, beams back images

On April 20, the over 50-foot-wide Lucy spacecraft approached as close as some 600 miles from Donaldjohanson, which is aptly named for the discoverer of the famed Lucy hominid fossil, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson. The craft sped by at 30,000 mph, and used a specialized camera to capture a detailed view of the five-mile-wide asteroid.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures images of peanut-shaped asteroid during 30,000 mph flyby

This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a deformed peanut.

Space.com · 27m

NASA's Lucy probe captures 1st close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing 'strikingly complicated geology'

"These early images of Donaldjohanson are again showing the tremendous capabilities of the Lucy spacecraft as an engine of discovery."

21h

Update: NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Send Back Video Of ‘Peculiar’ Asteroid

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully flew past asteroid Donaldjohanson, collecting data and images of the second of its 11 ...

NASA's Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday certainly won't be a day of rest for the astronomy community. All eyes will be on NASA's asteroid-studying ...

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