Even small asteroids lead complex lives. During its flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed the asteroid to be a wobbly, peanut-shaped body that has undergone a lot of activity in its relatively short history. Formed as fragments coalesced after a violent collision 155 million years ago, the asteroid was transformed by the […]
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Asteroids, Goddard Space Flight Center, Lucy, Missions, NASA Centers & Facilities, NASA Directorates, Planetary Science, Planetary Science Division, Science & Research, Science Mission Directorate, The Solar System, Trojan Asteroids
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June 18, 2026
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