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Science November 3, 2023

First NASA images from Lucy’s flyby reveal that ‘Dinky’ is not alone

The freshly released images from NASA’s Lucy spacecraft’s first asteroid flyby reveal that Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair. A binary asteroid pair has a larger main asteroid and a smaller satellite orbiting around it….

Science November 2, 2023

NASA spacecraft Lucy says hello to ‘Dinky’ asteroid on far-flying mission

On November 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully completed its first asteroid flyby. The 56 feet-long spacecraft came within 230 miles of the asteroid Dinkinesh aka “Dinky.” This fairly small space rock is in the main…

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Dinky

First NASA images from Lucy’s flyby reveal that ‘Dinky’ is not alone

NASA spacecraft Lucy says hello to ‘Dinky’ asteroid on far-flying mission