Lucy View of Asteroid Donaldjohanson (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Lucy View of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Caption

Asteroid Donaldjohanson as seen by the Lucy spacecraft from a range of about 1,700 miles (2,700 km), about 3.2 minutes before closest approach on April 20, 2025. This is the highest resolution image yet of the entire asteroid, taken just before it overfilled the L’LORRI field of view. The smallest visible features are about 130 feet (40 meters) across. The illumination conditions, with the Sun almost behind Lucy, greatly reduce the contrast of topographic details.

Credit

NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL

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