Asteroid Dinky, visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, has given birth to its own moon
Scientists may have learned the story of the little one contact-binary moon asteroid in orbit 152830 Dinkineshwhich was the first space station for NASA Lucy spacecraft. This moonbird may have separated from its larger parent an asteroid when Dinkinesh was sent spinning through space after absorbing and re-emitting sunlight. After launching in 2021, the Lucy … Read more