Patrick Schmidt · @patrick
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What about ?

" ’s Lucy mission is the first spacecraft launched to explore the Trojan a population of primitive asteroids orbiting in tandem with

solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/

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NASA · @nasa
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Congrats to the "Eyes on Asteroids" team, winners of a People's Voice Award from the Webbys! Have you tried it? Tour the solar system's space rocks, and track our asteroid expeditions: , , and, soon, - eyes.nasa.gov/apps/asteroids/

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Referenced link: youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1F
Originally posted by NASA / @NASA@twitter.com: twitter.com/NASA/status/164698

📢 @NASAAero gets closer to quiet supersonic flight, @NASA_Orion’s solar arrays are tested for Moon travel, and the spots the distant asteroids that it will one day visit—This Week at NASA.

Smash that subscribe button for the latest videos: youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1F

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Referenced link: go.nasa.gov/43tu8c3
Originally posted by NASA / @NASA@twitter.com: twitter.com/NASA/status/164658

We love Lucy!

The @NASASolarSystem captured its first views of four of its Trojan asteroid targets, from 330 million miles (530 million kilometers) away. Set to fly by in 2027-2028, Lucy will be the first mission ever to visit them:
go.nasa.gov/43tu8c3

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NASA · @nasa
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This week, two solar system objects gained names.

Meet Dinkinesh, an asteroid that the will flyby on Nov 1, 2023. 'Dinkinesh' is the Ethiopian name for the human-ancestor fossil, also known as Lucy, which was discovered there.
nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/

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Emily Lakdawalla · @elakdawalla
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Ooo, updated estimates of size, brightness, and spin of two of the targets among the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, and . Both have super-dark, comet-like surfaces, which we already knew, and retrograde rotation, which we didn't know before. Knowing the spin pole orientation is super important for planning flyby science.

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

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Cosmic Penguin · @CosmicPenguin
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RT @NASASolarSystem
Our was already set to break records by visiting 9 asteroids during its 12-year mission. Now it will be adding another asteroid flyby to its 4-billion-mile journey. The new flyby will also provide a test run for later encounters. 🛰🪨 More: go.nasa.gov/3wxFXid

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Emily Lakdawalla · @elakdawalla
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I just sent the second issue of my out to subscribers! Small Body Rings, Visits, and Close Approaches, with news about the close flyby of , and its , and the November flyby of a new target for the . elakdawalla.beehiiv.com/p/2023

#newsletter #neo #asteroid #2023bu #chariklo #rings #LucyMission

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NASA · @nasa
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Our was already set to break records by visiting 9 asteroids during its 12-year mission. Now it will be adding another asteroid flyby to its 4-billion-mile journey. The new flyby will also provide a test run for later encounters. 🛰🪨 More: go.nasa.gov/3wxFXid

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T I M R Ξ I C H Λ R D T · @tmrchrdt
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RT @NASASolarSystem@twitter.com

Our was already set to break records by visiting 9 asteroids during its 12-year mission. Now it will be adding another asteroid flyby to its 4-billion-mile journey. The new flyby will also provide a test run for later encounters. 🛰🪨 More: go.nasa.gov/3wxFXid

🐦🔗: twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/st

#LucyMission

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NASA · @nasa
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So many choices this year!

flies by Earth go.nasa.gov/3ssVDBf
@NASAPersevere collects samples mars.nasa.gov/msr/
@NASAWebb spies Neptune go.nasa.gov/3VpXvGR
sees Io in infrared go.nasa.gov/3C7oNek

More: solarsystem.nasa.gov/news

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NASA · @nasa
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Lucy in the sky! On Oct. 16, NASA's flew a mere 160 miles (260 kilometers) from the Earth's surface. 22 minutes later, team members caught a glimpse of the spacecraft with a telescope in Nebraska, just as Lucy emerged from Earth's shadow. youtu.be/gSHJ3uSnI-A

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NASA · @nasa
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Lucy in the sky! On Oct. 16, NASA's flew a mere 160 miles (260 kilometers) from the Earth's surface. 22 minutes later, team members caught a glimpse of the spacecraft with a telescope in Nebraska, just as Lucy emerged from Earth's shadow. youtu.be/gSHJ3uSnI-A

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NASA · @nasa
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Lucy in the sky! On Oct. 16, NASA's flew a mere 160 miles (260 kilometers) from the Earth's surface. 22 minutes later, team members caught a glimpse of the spacecraft with a telescope in Nebraska, just as Lucy emerged from Earth's shadow. youtu.be/gSHJ3uSnI-A nitter.net/NASASolarSystem/sta

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NASA · @nasa
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Say cheese!📸🌕 Our captured this mosaic of the Moon on Oct. 16, hours after it flew by Earth for Lucy's first of three gravity assists. Lucy was about 140,000 miles (230,000 km) from the Moon when it took these images. Click to enlarge! go.nasa.gov/3DC9w6F nitter.net/NASASolarSystem/sta

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NASA · @nasa
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Hello, beautiful! As the passed by Earth recently, it captured this look at our planet. The upper left of the image includes a view of Hadar, Ethiopia, home to the 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor fossil for which the spacecraft was named go.nasa.gov/3ssVDBf nitter.net/NASASolarSystem/sta

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NASA · @nasa
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Hi there, ! In this long exposure from Southern California, the passing Lucy spacecraft appears as a streak of light near the top of the image. To the left, a meteor makes a fainter streak as it happens to enter the atmosphere in the same moment. nitter.net/NASASolarSystem/sta

#LucyMission #WaveToLucy #NASASolarSystem

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NASA · @nasa
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✅NASA’s completed its 1st Earth Gravity Assist, passing just 220 miles/350 km above Earth’s surface! In 2 years, Lucy will return for a 2nd gravity assist, which will let it reach the main asteroid belt & observe asteroid Donaldjohanson. nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/ nitter.net/NASASolarSystem/sta

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NASA · @nasa
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Heads up, coming through! It's unlikely, but our will swoop so close to Earth on Oct. 16 that engineers will monitor the spacecraft non-stop in case they have to change its trajectory to avoid colliding with a satellite in Earth orbit: go.nasa.gov/3TphhSe nitter.net/NASASolarSystem/sta

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NASA · @nasa
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Follow along as our zooms past Earth this weekend on its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Check out the "Eyes on the Solar System" 3D experience: go.nasa.gov/3euvdvz More about Lucy's mission: go.nasa.gov/3yDQRED nitter.net/NASASolarSystem/sta

#LucyMission #NASASolarSystem

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