NASA Spacecraft Captures Images of Jupiter's Elusive Asteroids for the First Time

NASA Spacecraft Captures Images of Jupiter's Elusive Asteroids for the First Time

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: April 21 2023

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  • NASA's ‘Lucy spacecraft’ has spotted Jupiter's asteroids for the first time ever. 
  • The NASA probe was able to capture deep-space images of four asteroids known as the Trojans that have largely remained elusive to scientists.
  • To click these images, Lucy used L'LORRI (Lucy Long Range Reconnaissance Imager), its highest resolution imaging tool. 
  • The four Trojan asteroids were captured between March 25 and 27.
  • The asteroids that were captured for the first time are called Eurybates, Polymele, Leucus, and Orus - all part of two large groups of rocks that follow Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.
  • The spacecraft is expected to reach its asteroid targets in 2027 and 2028 after it was launched in October 2021. 
  • First, it will travel to Eurybates (and its binary partner Queta), followed by Polymele and its partner, Leucus and eventually Orus and the binary pair Patroclus and Menoetius.
  • To achieve this, Lucy will travel over 6.4 billion kilometres during its 12-year mission.
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