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Asteroid ‘Dinkinesh’/Lucy spacecraft

Santhosh Kumar 02/11/2023

Asteroid ‘Dinkinesh’/Lucy spacecraft mind map with below nodes
Context
NASA's Lucy spacecraft
Mission
6-billion-kilometre journey
To study Jupiter Trojan asteroids
Discovery of Dinkinesh
In 1999 by LINEAR survey
Identified as potential fly-by target
Orbit
Sun in the main belt
Between Mars and Jupiter
Width
Less than 1 kilometre
Composition
S-type asteroid
Mainly silicates and some metal
First asteroid visit
By Lucy on its 12-year journey
About Lucy spacecraft
Launch
October 2021
Aim
To observe Jupiter Trojan asteroids
Huge group of small bodies
Orbiting the Sun in two swarms
Instrument for observation
Lucy Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (L'LORRI)
Initial flyby targets
Dinkinesh
Donaldjohnson in 2025
Support from WISE
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
Provides estimates
Of asteroid’s size and albedo
Helps understand near-Earth objects

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