The odd moon orbiting a ‘Dinky’ asteroid is actually two moons fused together. Understanding how space objects behave 'when they hit each other' is crucial. By Laura Baisas.

When NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew past its first official target Dinkinesh in November 2023, researchers discovered that the asteroid—known as "Dinky"—was not alone in space. A satellite ...

Moon orbiting ‘dinky’ asteroid is actually two tiny moons stuck together. University of Maryland. Journal Nature Funder NASA Headquarters DOI 10.1038/s41586-024-07378-0. Keywords ...

Asteroid number one's name is Dinkinesh, or as scientists adorably call it, "Dinky." Soon after, however, on Nov. 2, the Lucy team announced a surprise. Dinkinesh isn't just one, but rather a ...

NASA snapped a picture of an asteroid in an outer belt near Mars, which had a tiny moon orbiting the space rock called Dinkinesh. The photo was taken using the spacecraft Lucy.

NASA has discovered a new mini-moon on the outskirts of our solar system.The tiny satellite was first noticed by Lucy in March of this year. Lucy, NASA’s asteroid-study spacecraft, has observed ...

An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, ... An Arjuna asteroid called 2024 PT5 will become a mini-moon orbiting Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.

University of Maryland. "Moon orbiting 'dinky' asteroid is actually two tiny moons stuck together." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 05 / 240529144217.htm (accessed June 2 ...

Asteroid Dinkinesh, target No. 1 on Lucy's journey, turned out to be not one, but two (technically three) space rocks put together. Scientists finally gave its satellite a name.