NASA discovered a satellite of the Trojan asteroid Jupiter
- August 18, 2022
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Launched as part of NASA’s mission to study the six Trojan asteroids of Jupiter, the Lucy spacecraft discovered a satellite in one of them. As reported by Ukrinform,
Launched as part of NASA’s mission to study the six Trojan asteroids of Jupiter, the Lucy spacecraft discovered a satellite in one of them.
As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported in the press release of the American space agency.
“On March 27, a group of experts working with Lucy discovered that the smallest of their research objectives, the Trojan asteroid Polymel, has its own satellite,” NASA said. Said.
According to astronomers, this moon is about 5 km in diameter and orbits Polymelius, about 27 km along its widest axis.
It was recorded that the recorded distance between the two space objects was about 200 km. According to planet naming conventions, the satellite will not receive an official name until the team determines its orbit.
Next time astronomers will be able to learn more about the space rock, as early as 2027, when Lucy reaches Polymela, or if they’re lucky enough to see it again against a star.
As reported by Ukrinform, scientists from Japan’s Earth and Marine Science and Technology Agency’s Koti Institute for Researching Drilling Samples discovered one of the key minerals containing organic material in samples from the Ryugu asteroid.
Source: Ukrinform
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