Asteroid ‘Dinky’, visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, spawned its own moon
Scientists may have learned the history of the small contact binary moon orbiting asteroid 152830 Dinkineshwhich was NASA’s first cosmic stop Lucy spacecraft. That moon may have split off from its larger parent asteroid when Dinkinesh was sent through space after absorbing and re-emitting sunlight. The Lucy mission, launched in 2021, is on its way … Read more