Emily Lakdawalla · @elakdawalla
5785 followers · 329 posts · Server wandering.shopOoo, updated estimates of size, brightness, and spin of two of the #LucyMission targets among the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, #Orus and #Eurybates. 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.
#SciencePaper #PlanetaryScience #Space #Astronomy #Asteroid https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/acaf79
#LucyMission #orus #eurybates #sciencepaper #planetaryscience #space #astronomy #asteroid
Stephane Neveu · @Stef_Astro
80 followers · 274 posts · Server astrodon.socialCompte rendu de l'occultation de l'étoile HD 51593. par #Eurybates (le 23 octobre) aux #RCE.
Featuring : J. Desmars, G. Langin et A. Leroy.
Une très belle réussite de science participative en #astronomie.
Ansgar Schmidt :verified: · @Ansi
370 followers · 1126 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
Unistellar Observers Catch NASA’s Lucy Mission Target Eurybates Over France https://unistellaroptics.com/unistellar-observers-catch-nasa-lucy-mission-target-eurybates-over-france/ #asteroidswithmoons #nasalucymission #citizenscience #occultation #eurybates #asteroid #nasalucy #queta #lucy
#asteroidswithmoons #nasalucymission #citizenscience #occultation #eurybates #asteroid #nasalucy #queta #lucy