Lucy, Discovery Mission 13 - a grand tour of the Jupiter Trojans |
Lucy, Discovery Mission 13 - a grand tour of the Jupiter Trojans |
Jan 4 2017, 08:20 PM
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Obligatory new thread for the Lucy mission, now that it has been selected by NASA to launch as Discovery mission 13! Lucy will launch in 2021, and will perform a flyby of a main belt asteroid in 2025, before making flybys of at least six Jupiter trojans from 2027 to 2033. The mission, led by the Southwest Research Institute and Principal Investigator Harold F. Levison, will send a spacecraft carrying updated versions of New Horizons' LORRI and RALPH instruments.
Be sure to check out r/lucymission on reddit as well! EDIT: I have made a mistake. Could a kind mod please move this thread to the "Cometary and Asteroid Missions" subforum? ADMIN: Done. Note for the new members: Generally speaking, please consult a member of the admin/mod team before creating new topics. Not a hard rule, but it does help to keep the place tidy. Also, we encourage all members to review this welcome post for orientation purposes. Thanks! |
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Sep 13 2023, 06:32 PM
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Thanks for the update John, I was checking in on Lucy's progress only yesterday.
Can anyone advise on the sort of visible resolution to be expected during closest approach? Will it be Mathilde/Steins/Arrakoth standard of resolution? (I guess with LORRI heritage it may be substantially better) It will be exciting if the terminal tracking system pans out as expected. Fingers crossed for a successful encounter for all those involved. Another awesome mission! |
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Sep 13 2023, 10:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 700 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
an anyone advise on the sort of visible resolution to be expected during closest approach? Will it be Mathilde/Steins/Arrakoth standard of resolution? To answer directly, we expect somewhat fewer pixels than the best Arrokoth images (maybe 500 pixels across, instead of 900), but much better exposed images, due to being at 2.3 AU rather than at 43 AU! In fact we have some risk of overexposure of the lowest-phase images. The Lucy LORRI camera has very similar performance to the New Horizons LORRI camera. John |
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