Dec 21, 2023 · Dinkinesh is a small asteroid located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. On Nov. 1, 2023, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by the asteroid, ...

Nov 8, 2023 · 1, NASA's Lucy mission discovered that the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh has a small moon orbiting it. Now, additional images have revealed another surprise: ...

Nov 30, 2023 · Asteroid number one's name is Dinkinesh, or as scientists adorably call it, "Dinky." Soon after, however, on Nov. 2, the Lucy team announced a surprise.

Nov 3, 2023 · It turns out that the asteroid Dinkinesh has a dinky sidekick — a mini moon. The discovery was made during Wednesday's flyby of Dinkinesh, 300 million miles ...

Nov 2, 2023 · On Nov. 1, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt ...

Nov 7, 2023 · Asteroid Dinkinesh continues to surprise us. On Nov. 1, NASA's Lucy spacecraft zoomed past this space rock, marking the first of several asteroid encounters ...

Nov 8, 2023 · On November 1st, the Lucy mission zipped past the tiny asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh and discovered that it was actually a binary. The flyby was an opportunity to ...

Nov 8, 2023 · The asteroid Dinkinesh's newfound moon is actually a contact binary – two objects lightly touching at their ends. This is the first time such a binary has been ...

Nov 3, 2023 · While flying past a small main-belt asteroid called Dinkinesh the spacecraft found an even smaller “moon” orbiting it. The two form a binary asteroid pair. “A ...