Lucy

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Lucy is a NASA Discovery Program space mission designed to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids to better understand the early solar system’s formation and evolution.

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instanceOf NASA Discovery Program mission ⓘ
NASA space mission ⓘ
interplanetary spacecraft ⓘ
communicationBand X-band ⓘ
destinationRegion Jupiter’s L4 Trojan cloud ⓘ
Jupiter’s L5 Trojan cloud ⓘ
flybyTarget (11351) Leucus ⓘ
(15094) Polymele ⓘ
(21900) Orus ⓘ
(3548) Eurybates ⓘ
(52246) Donaldjohanson ⓘ
(617) Patroclus ⓘ
Eurybates moon Queta ⓘ
Menoetius ⓘ
instrument L’LORRI ⓘ
linked to: LORRI

L’Ralph ⓘ
L’TES ⓘ
launchComplex Space Launch Complex 41 ⓘ
launchDate 2021-10-16 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ
launchVehicle Atlas V 401 ⓘ
managingCenter NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
missionDuration about 12 years (planned) ⓘ
missionStatus operational ⓘ
missionType asteroid flyby mission ⓘ
planetary science mission ⓘ
namedAfter Lucy fossil (Australopithecus afarensis skeleton) ⓘ
objective characterize composition of Trojan asteroids ⓘ
investigate early solar system evolution ⓘ
investigate early solar system formation ⓘ
measure physical properties of Trojan asteroids ⓘ
study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids ⓘ
study geology of Trojan asteroids ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
powerSource solar panels ⓘ
primaryTarget Jupiter Trojan asteroids ⓘ
principalInvestigator Harold F. Levison ⓘ
principalInvestigatorAffiliation Southwest Research Institute ⓘ
program NASA Discovery Program ⓘ
projectManagement NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
propulsion chemical propulsion system ⓘ
scienceGoal compare Trojan asteroids with main-belt asteroids ⓘ
constrain conditions of early solar nebula ⓘ
test theories of giant planet migration ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraftManufacturer Lockheed Martin Space ⓘ
target Jupiter Trojan asteroids ⓘ
main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson ⓘ
trajectory complex heliocentric orbit with Earth gravity assists ⓘ

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