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Coverage dated November 2, 2023

NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists.It turns out that the

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  1. Scientific American

    NASA Asteroid Mission Discovers Tiny Surprise Moon with ‘Really Bizarre’ Shape (opens Scientific American)

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    NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid nicknamed Dinky, only to discover an even smaller space rock orbiting it

  2. WSVN Miami

    NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists.It turns out that the

  3. Voice of America

    NASA Spacecraft Discovers Tiny Moon Around Asteroid (opens Voice of America)

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    The spacecraft made the discovery during a close flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars

  4. The Republic

    NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby (opens The Republic)

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. It turns out that the asteroid Dinkinesh has a dinky sidekick — a mini moon.

  5. The Guardian

    Mini moon: Nasa spacecraft discovers asteroid orbited by its own tiny satellite (opens The Guardian)

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    Dinkinesh – Amharic for ‘you are marvelous’ – lies beyond orbit of Mars and has its own dinky sidekick barely 220 metres across

  6. KEYT Santa Barbara

    NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby

  7. PBS NewsHour

    NASA spacecraft discovers surprise mini moon orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The Lucy spacecraft made the discovery during Wednesday's close flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars.

  8. New York Post

    NASA scientists surprised by moon hugging close-flyby asteroid: ‘This is marvelous’ (opens New York Post)

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    It turns out that the asteroid Dinkinesh has a dinky sidekick — a mini-moon.

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