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It seems like yesterday we were marveling over Dinkinesh (because it practically was) and its secret little moon, and the main belt asteroid has already given us another huge surprise.
NASA's Lucy probe found that the asteroid Dinkinesh is not only a binary, but that its satellite is itself a "contact binary" of two space rocks objects touching one another.
‘We never suspected anything so bizarre,’ researcher says
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 08, 2023 - After the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, the team discovered that it is even more marvelous as its newly discovered satellite is now shown to be a
The Lucy mission has shared additional images from its flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh, revealing the surprising companion orbiting the space rock isn’t what it initially seemed.