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Looking Skyward: The LUCY mission to explore asteroids

CAI | By John Basile
Published October 25, 2021 at 5:46 PM EDT
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NASA's Lucy will explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids – thought to be “fossils of planet formation.”
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

CAI's John Basile talks with astronomer Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about NASA's mission to learn more about eight asteroids.

NASA's 12-year Lucy mission will explore eight asteroids believed left over from the formation of our solar system.

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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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