Lucy
NASA · launched 2021
Touring the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit.
Right now · as of
Interplanetary cruise
915 million km (6.12 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 50 min 54 s
770 million km (5.15 AU) from the Sun, moving at 8.95 km/s relative to the Sun
Open in 3DThe flight
October 16, 2021
Launched on Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41
October 16, 2022
Flies past Earth, 6,741 km away
October 17, 2022
Flies past Moon, 56,148 km away
December 13, 2024
Flies past Earth, 6,734 km away
December 26, 2030 · expected
Flies past Moon, 68,943 km away
December 27, 2030 · expected
Flies past Earth, 6,999 km away
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Lucy (spacecraft)
NASA mission to fly by eight asteroids
Lucy is a NASA space probe on a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids. It is slated to visit two main belt asteroids as well as six Jupiter trojans – asteroids that share Jupiter's orbit around the Sun, orbiting either ahead of or behind the planet. All target encounters will be flyby encounters.
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Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- NASA
- Launched
- October 16, 2021
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SLC-41
- International designator
- 2021-093A