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Lucy's first asteroid flyby reveals a surprise moon
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
English - November 29, 2023 16:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsNatural Sciences Science Technology science politics business comedy news entrepreneurship interview culture books reason Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On Nov. 1, 2023, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, which is on a mission to investigate Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, made its first flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh. Hal Levison and Simone Marchi, the mission's principal and deputy principal investigators, join Planetary Radio to discuss the asteroid rendezvous and the surprising discovery of Dinkinesh's moon. Stick around for What's Up with Bruce Betts, the chief scientist of The Planetary Society, as he digests the discovery.
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