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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Jan 10 2017, 10:56 AM
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Very excited for this mission. I'm a sucker for seeing new worlds, and I didn't realize Patroclus-Menoetius was a target for Lucy until it was selected. And so many others, too!
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PhilipTerryGraham Lucy Jan 4 2017, 08:20 PM
Mongo This new paper on arXiv suggests that Jupiter form... Apr 6 2019, 05:56 PM Holder of the Two Leashes They are ready to start building the spacecraft.
... Oct 24 2019, 01:07 PM Explorer1 Cool news a satellite discovered around one of the... Jan 10 2020, 12:50 AM stevesliva Turns out Lucy might get pretty darn close to said... Aug 17 2021, 04:56 PM mcaplinger Some open-access papers about the Lucy mission her... Sep 20 2021, 12:30 AM propguy Lucy launch is only 2 days away. We are now power... Oct 14 2021, 10:00 PM
john_s Some of us here are on the science team too- happy... Oct 15 2021, 01:56 AM Explorer1 Sure, we really appreciate it, having representati... Oct 15 2021, 02:36 AM john_s Imaging the Earth will likely be done for calibrat... Oct 15 2021, 02:50 AM Ron Hobbs Watched the Science Press Conference today. Excite... Oct 15 2021, 03:22 AM Holder of the Two Leashes Hmmm. Since this Atlas launch will be without any... Oct 15 2021, 04:11 PM JTN QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Oct 15 202... Oct 17 2021, 09:54 AM nprev Hoping to keep my eyes open long enough to watch t... Oct 16 2021, 06:04 AM Explorer1 Go up early to watch the launch! Beautiful... Oct 16 2021, 01:47 PM Floyd I also watched the launch this morning--it is alwa... Oct 16 2021, 04:49 PM Tom Tamlyn The best general media article I’ve run across con... Oct 17 2021, 01:59 AM Explorer1 I posted a minor review of the audiobook in the Eu... Oct 17 2021, 02:59 AM stevesliva Re: NYT: this reads like a Science Tuesday section... Oct 17 2021, 03:08 AM Decepticon https://spacenews.com/nasa-investigating-is...cy-s... Oct 18 2021, 03:39 AM Explorer1 They're optimistic that it's not a major i... Oct 19 2021, 02:23 PM Hungry4info Lucy update. We're now in cruise mode, with th... Oct 24 2021, 07:49 PM Explorer1 https://blogs.nasa.gov/lucy/2021/10/27/lucy...in-c... Oct 29 2021, 01:44 AM lcs Something similar happened on Galileo. Possible e... Oct 30 2021, 12:53 PM stevesliva The mechanisms are different, and Galileo was in s... Oct 30 2021, 02:26 PM Explorer1 Lucy was never in storage for an extended period d... Oct 30 2021, 02:29 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Oct 30 2021, 07:29 AM)... Oct 30 2021, 05:31 PM JRehling An object 300 km from a telescope on the ground mi... Oct 31 2021, 02:30 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (JRehling @ Oct 30 2021, 06:30 PM) ... Oct 31 2021, 03:00 AM Floyd With the low cost and weight of small cameras, I... Oct 31 2021, 03:35 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (Floyd @ Oct 31 2021, 08:35 AM) Wit... Oct 31 2021, 05:17 PM JRehling I don't have the software to turn that kernel ... Oct 31 2021, 09:10 PM bobik QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Oct 31 2021, 06:17 PM... Nov 8 2021, 07:14 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (bobik @ Nov 7 2021, 11:14 PM) The ... Nov 8 2021, 06:14 PM Marcin600 "...The test data and findings suggest the la... Nov 19 2021, 12:47 AM JTN NASA Zeroing in on Path Forward for Lucy Solar Arr... Dec 11 2021, 06:23 PM MahFL QUOTE (JTN @ Dec 11 2021, 07:23 PM) NASA ... Dec 11 2021, 06:51 PM Decepticon Update on Solar array.
https://spacenews.com/caus... Jan 26 2022, 04:56 AM john_s We're planning the first step of the Lucy sola... Apr 21 2022, 08:21 PM john_s Two Lucy items of interest:
1) The first step of ... May 15 2022, 08:16 PM Explorer1 And here it is! https://www.nasa.gov/feature/g... May 20 2022, 06:59 PM StargazeInWonder What a beautiful result. It might be surprising to... May 21 2022, 04:40 AM john_s Here's a repeating version, which I prefer to ... May 22 2022, 09:40 PM JTN Tidbits on Lucy solar array deployment:
NASA’s Lu... Jun 12 2022, 12:50 AM Explorer1 New moon of Polymele discovered (due to a recent o... Jun 16 2022, 04:08 PM Explorer1 Good news for the array:
https://www.nasa.gov/fea... Aug 3 2022, 07:04 PM Steve G Has there been any estimates released on the orbit... Aug 3 2022, 07:20 PM Toma B Does anybody know when do we get the first images ... Oct 15 2022, 08:31 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (Toma B @ Oct 15 2022, 12:31 AM) Do... Oct 15 2022, 03:48 PM john_s We'll be imaging the Earth and Moon a few time... Oct 16 2022, 04:29 AM Bill Harris QUOTE (john_s @ Oct 15 2022, 11:29 PM) sn... Oct 25 2022, 09:10 PM john_s For the record, I didn't catch it in my binocu... Oct 25 2022, 09:48 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Oct 15 2022, 07:48 AM... Oct 18 2022, 04:10 PM mcaplinger https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/...-gra... Oct 25 2022, 03:39 PM john_s It's just a matter of what was ready when. Sc... Oct 25 2022, 06:50 PM climber Here is the Moon : https://www.nasa.gov/image-feat... Oct 26 2022, 07:38 PM Hungry4info We're getting a bonus flyby! Lucy will vis... Jan 25 2023, 11:34 PM Explorer1 Combined with the new moons discovered fro the pri... Jan 26 2023, 09:51 PM john_s Here are the first Lucy images (movies, in fact) o... Apr 13 2023, 10:24 PM Brian Swift QUOTE (john_s @ Apr 13 2023, 03:24 PM) He... Apr 14 2023, 03:56 AM john_s Here's our first view of Lucy's first aste... Sep 13 2023, 02:27 PM jasedm Thanks for the update John, I was checking in on L... Sep 13 2023, 06:32 PM john_s QUOTE (jasedm @ Sep 13 2023, 12:32 PM) an... Sep 13 2023, 10:01 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (jasedm @ Sep 13 2023, 10:32 AM) It... Sep 13 2023, 10:29 PM Explorer1 Some details on resolution estimates here (PDF)
Q... Sep 13 2023, 06:36 PM jasedm Thanks for the link Explorer, this sounds awesome ... Sep 13 2023, 07:02 PM Roby72 With Lucys first encounter coming very soon, a que... Oct 25 2023, 02:05 PM Explorer1 They decided not to bother any more in January. Ov... Oct 25 2023, 02:35 PM vjkane A journal paper on the L'Ralph instrument capa... Oct 26 2023, 03:10 PM Marcin600 Only two days left until the asteroid Dinkinesh en... Oct 30 2023, 03:08 PM Hungry4info 2 hours to go. Should a new thread be created for ... Nov 1 2023, 02:56 PM Marcin600 Well, after a close-up. We have to wait another 2 ... Nov 1 2023, 05:08 PM mcaplinger Down signal on DSS14 at 232 kb/sec. Nov 1 2023, 06:20 PM kenny Nice animation of the gyrations of Lucy to keep th... Nov 1 2023, 06:37 PM jasedm QUOTE (kenny @ Nov 1 2023, 07:37 PM) Nice... Nov 1 2023, 07:10 PM Marcin600 https://blogs.nasa.gov/lucy/?fbclid=IwAR08J...9NvW... Nov 1 2023, 07:11 PM jasedm Can't wait to see the results - good luck to t... Nov 1 2023, 07:11 PM stevesliva Googling for information, whether there is a press... Nov 1 2023, 07:27 PM john_s Closeup Dinkinesh images (with a surprise!)
J... Nov 2 2023, 06:13 PM stevesliva QUOTE (john_s @ Nov 2 2023, 02:13 PM) Clo... Nov 2 2023, 07:49 PM nprev Amazing! How cool is that? Gotta love serendip... Nov 2 2023, 06:18 PM jasedm Fabulous! Wonderful stuff. Another unique litt... Nov 2 2023, 06:42 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (jasedm @ Nov 2 2023, 10:42 AM) The... Nov 3 2023, 03:08 AM kenny Fabulous and amazing result...!
And it does l... Nov 2 2023, 08:20 PM Explorer1 Lucy is having quite the ride multiplying asteroid... Nov 2 2023, 08:58 PM Bjorn Jonsson This is amazing. I wasn't expecting anything r... Nov 2 2023, 09:36 PM stfletch What a cool surprise!
Is this the first time... Nov 2 2023, 10:31 PM Phil Stooke Yes, that's right. Lots of other binaries hav... Nov 2 2023, 10:40 PM Phil Stooke "And presumably we can get a mass measurement... Nov 3 2023, 06:10 AM ngunn I wonder if the two objects are tidally locked. W... Nov 3 2023, 09:13 AM StargazeInWonder It seems like the close up imagery could be used i... Nov 3 2023, 09:17 AM fredk And the release says that the team had noticed bri... Nov 3 2023, 05:11 PM john_s More weirdness at Dinkinesh: NASA release
John Nov 7 2023, 07:21 PM Marcin600 QUOTE (john_s @ Nov 7 2023, 08:21 PM) Mor... Nov 7 2023, 07:23 PM StargazeInWonder The mind reels. Did Dinkinesh have two slow-revolv... Nov 7 2023, 07:42 PM Explorer1 I was just joking in my post from last week about ... Nov 7 2023, 08:14 PM Marcin600 QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Nov 7 2023, 09:14 PM) ... Nov 7 2023, 08:41 PM Marcin600 Here you can find a slightly larger version of the... Nov 7 2023, 08:18 PM Hungry4info Dinkinesh's satellite has been named Selam.
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