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Asteroid’s double moon points to a complex history
EarthSky· 1 day agoA new study of asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon Selam, led by researchers at Southwest Research Institute, shows a complex geological history for both...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh’s dynamic history
KFGO· 7 days agoBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A little asteroid called Dinkinesh - visited last November by...
Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon
SPACE.com· 7 days agoIn a silver lining, however, this has given Lucy the chance to test its prowess on a minor world in the asteroid belt before reaching the Trojans ...
'Dinky' asteroid imaged by NASA has ultra-rare double moon, study confirms
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoResearchers have proposed a model for how a double moon named Selam formed around the tiny asteroid...
‘Dinky’ asteroid has a tiny companion that baffles astronomers
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA solar radiation-triggered quake likely caused the asteroid Dinkinesh to lose material. Some of it...
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Reveals Surprising Complexity of Asteroid Dinkinesh
ExtremeTech· 5 days agoThe last few years have been an exciting time for studying asteroids. NASA's Lucy spacecraft is on course to investigate Jupiter's trojan asteroids ...
Mystery of unique double moon shines light on planet formation
Newsweek· 6 days agoAn asteroid floating in our solar system has been discovered to have a very weird and unique double moon—and it might just change the way we think about how planets form.
NASA Lucy Images Reveal Asteroid Dinkinesh to be Surprisingly Complex - NASA
NASA· 7 days agoImages from the November 2023 flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft show a trough on...
Just-discovered ‘dinky’ asteroid moon is actually something far stranger
Cosmos· 7 days agoDinkinesh, the asteroid that was the first target of NASA’s Lucy mission to Jupiter, is still throwing up surprises. The first surprise came when the Lucy spacecraft zipped ...
Moon Around Asteroid Dinkinesh Is Actually Two Asteroids Stuck Together
IFLScience· 7 days agoTake, for example, asteroid Dinkinesh, the first target of the NASA mission Lucy. As the spacecraft approached, the team were surprised to see an unexpected moon appear around ...