Images of the asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite Selam taken by the NASA Lucy Spacecraft on November 1, 2023 (IMAGE)
Caption
Panels a, b, and c each show stereographic image pairs of the asteroid Dinkinesh taken by the NASA Lucy Spacecraft’s L’LORRI Instrument in the minutes around closest approach on Nov. 1, 2023. The yellow and rose dots indicate the trough and ridge features, respectively. These images have been sharpened and processed to
enhance contrast. Panel d shows a side view of Dinkinesh and its satellite Selam taken a few minutes after closest approach.
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Credit: NASA/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab
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