NASA's Lucy Mission Discovers Mini Moon Orbiting Asteroid During Dinkinesh Flyby
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NASA's spacecraft Lucy, while visiting asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars, discovered that the asteroid has its own tiny moon. The asteroid is approximately half a mile across, while its moon is only one-tenth of a mile in size. This unexpected find was made during a flyby of Dinkinesh, and the spacecraft confirmed the discovery through data and images sent back to Earth. Lucy's mission is to explore Trojan asteroids near Jupiter, and this discovery serves as a rehearsal for the larger asteroids it will encounter in the future.
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