NASA's Lucy Probe: Unveiling Bizarre Surprises on its 12-Year Mission

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on a 12-year mission to study Trojan asteroids, encountered its first target, Dinkinesh, and made a surprising discovery. Dinkinesh is actually a binary system, with two smaller asteroids orbiting it closely to form a contact binary. This is the first time astronomers have observed such a system orbiting an asteroid. Lucy has now visited three asteroids instead of one, and will continue its mission to study a total of 11 objects. The scientific community is excited to unravel the mysteries of this peculiar contact binary.
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