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Jupiter's asteroids
April 21 , 2023
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- NASA's Lucy spacecraft has spotted Jupiter's asteroids for the first time ever.
- The NASA probe was able to capture deep-space images of four asteroids known as the Trojans.
- The four Trojan asteroids were captured between March 25 and 27.
- The asteroids that were captured for the first time are called Eurybates, Polymele, Leucus, and Orus.
- They all part of two large groups of rocks that follow Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.
- To click these images, Lucy used L'LORRI (Lucy Long Range Reconnaissance Imager).
- Lucy is 530 million kilometres away from its asteroid targets.
- The spacecraft is expected to reach its asteroid targets in 2027 and 2028 after it was launched in October 2021.
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