NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is gearing up for an exciting flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025. The mission, ...

Donaldjohanson formed about 150 million years ago when a much larger asteroid broke apart. Since then, its orbit and spin ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly by asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025, revealing its shattered past, strange spin, and secrets of planetary formation in a major space milestone.

The first Trojan asteroid on Lucy’s to-see list ... should continue flying through the Trojans for years to come. Asteroid belt asteroid Donaldjohanson asteroids Discovery Program Lucy mission ...

Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

the never-before-explored Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Lucy had already successfully observed the tiny main belt asteroid Dinkinesh and its contact-binary moon, Selam, in November 2023. Lucy will ...