Lucy Spacecraft Reveals Asteroid's Bizarre Double-Lobed Shape | JQJO

NASA's Lucy spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing its double-lobed, contact binary structure resembling nested ice cream cones. The flyby, at a distance of 600 miles, confirmed the asteroid's size (approximately 5 miles long and 2 miles wide) and provided high-quality images. This encounter, following a previous flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh, serves as a prelude to Lucy's main objective: studying Jupiter Trojan asteroids starting in 2027. The mission's success highlights the spacecraft's advanced instruments and promises significant insights into the solar system's formation.