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NASA’s American spacecraft Lucy successfully flew past the Dinkinesh asteroid, located between Mars and Jupiter. As reported by Ukrinform, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced
As reported by Ukrinform, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced this on its blog.
“The Lucy Operations Team confirmed that the Lucy spacecraft signaled after encountering a small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh,” NASA said.
According to the information received, it was stated that the team determined that the spacecraft was in good condition and the team ordered the spacecraft to start transmitting the data collected during the passage of the asteroid.
“It will take up to a week for all data collected during the encounter to be transmitted to Earth,” NASA added.
Space.com notes that Dinkinesh, or “Dinky,” is just the first of 10 asteroids the probe will visit over the next 12 years.
As reported by Ukrinform, on October 16, 2021, the American space probe Lucy was successfully launched, which will help better understand the origin of the Solar System thanks to the study of the so-called Trojan asteroids orbiting the Sun. near Jupiter.
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Source: Ukrinform
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