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.

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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.

What it found was surprising: Dinkinesh is not alone! L'LORRI discovered a natural satellite orbiting Dinky every 52.7 hours at a distance of 1.9 miles (3.1 kilometers). For an asteroid to have a ...

Zooming past the asteroid at 10,000 mph (16,000 km/h) on Nov. 1, Lucy made its closest-ever observations of Dinkinesh ("Dinky"), an asteroid that Lucy has been tracking since the spacecraft's ...

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.

The moon orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two tiny moons stuck together. Collectively called 'Selam,' the two moonlets bring new insight into the complex processes behind ...

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.