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NASA's Lucy spacecraft snapped two asteroids during flyby

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft made its first asteroid flyby. But when it returned the images it took, there was a surprise in store: a second, even smaller asteroid.

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  1. Phys

    NASA's Lucy spacecraft discovers 2nd asteroid during Dinkinesh flyby (opens Phys)

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    On Nov. 1, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair.

  2. Inverse

    A NASA Spacecraft Found Something Unexpected During Its Asteroid Flyby (opens Inverse)

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    The team behind NASA's asteroid-tracking Lucy mission got a special treat this week.

  3. Washington Times

    NASA spacecraft doing a flyby finds two asteroids in one (opens Washington Times)

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    NASA’s Lucy spacecraft did a flyby of the Dinkinesh asteroid in the main belt of the space rocks beyond Mars and confirmed that the asteroid was in fact a pair.

  4. Digital Trends

    NASA's Lucy spacecraft snapped two asteroids during flyby (opens Digital Trends)

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    NASA's Lucy spacecraft made its first asteroid flyby. But when it returned the images it took, there was a surprise in store: a second, even smaller asteroid.

  5. Forbes

    In Photos: NASA Spacecraft Finds Surprise Second Asteroid During Flyby (opens Forbes)

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    Dinkinesh, the smallest main belt asteroid ever seen up close by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week, has been revealed to be a binary, with a moonlet in orbit.

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