Astronomy

How closely packed are Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids?

Jupiter’s Trojans are asteroids that share the gas giant’s orbit around the Sun, clustering at one of two Lagrange points in the Jupiter-Sun system (L4 or L5, 60° ahead of or behind Jupiter in its ...
Yahoo

Here’s what a Beatles song and a fossil have to do with a NASA mission to study asteroids

Instead of picturing yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies, picture a spacecraft approaching a series of asteroids trapped by Jupiter’s gravity. On Sunday, April 20, ...
Yahoo

Saturn gets its 1st confirmed Trojan asteroid — but it might be stolen

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Saturn seems to have snatched its first known Trojan asteroid, designated 2019 UO14, a few ...
Gizmodo

Trojan Asteroids Loom Closer as NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Fires Up Engine for First Time

Fresh off of its first asteroid encounter that revealed a bonus space rock, Lucy is now ready for the big leagues. The NASA spacecraft began maneuvering its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, ...
Physics World

NASA’s Lucy mission launches to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids

Asteroid quest: The $1bn Lucy craft will carry out several fly-bys of the Tojan asteroids over a 12-year period. (Courtesy: NASA) NASA has launched a $1bn mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids – ...
The Verge

NASA launches its Lucy spacecraft to study the Jupiter Trojan asteroids

The craft took off from Cape Canaveral early Saturday morning for a 12-year mission The craft took off from Cape Canaveral early Saturday morning for a 12-year mission NASA’s Lucy space probe launched ...
WRBL

PHOTOS: NASA launches spacecraft Lucy to Trojan asteroids near Jupiter

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky with diamonds on a 12-year quest to explore a record-setting eight asteroids. Lucy blasted off before dawn Saturday ...
Gizmodo

Astronomers Chase Shadows From Jupiter’s Mysterious Trojan Asteroids

Ahead of the Lucy mission, astronomers are gearing up to observe eclipses of Trojan asteroids as they appear over Europe and parts of North Africa. Reading time 5 minutes Astronomer Marc Buie has been ...
USA Today

NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small ...
Florida Today

NASA's Lucy spacecraft set for first mission to Jupiter asteroids. Here's what you need to know.

Lucy will be the first space mission to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. The mission is launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early morning on Oct. 16, 2021 . Atlas V successfully rolled ...
Forbes

Exactly When, Where And How To See ‘Lucy’ In The Sky As NASA Spacecraft Swings By Earth

NASA’s long-term “Lucy” mission to visit eight mysterious asteroids will perform a flyby of its home planet this weekend. As reported by the space agency, the spacecraft will swoop near Earth exactly ...
The New York Times

NASA’s Lucy Launches on 12-Year Mission to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids

The elaborate journey of the robotic spacecraft will offer close encounters with some of the solar system’s least understood objects. By Joey Roulette NASA embarked on a 12-year mission to study a ...