Asteroid Dinkinesh Shows Complex History in Lucy Flyby
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 31, 2024
NASA's Lucy spacecraft, led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), discovered notable geological features on the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh during its flyby last November. The half-mile-wide asteroid revealed a trough and ridge structure, as well as a contact...
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