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No earlier than October 16, the Lucy mission will start a 12-year journey to visit six of these mysterious asteroids and an additional main-belt asteroid. During its time with the Trojans, Lucy will uncover the history behind these bodies and study the Trojans in depth using a suite of cameras, spectrometers, and antennas
Despite going to the Trojans, Lucy will first visit the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, performing a flyby on April 20, 2025
And this relates to the type of asteroids Lucy will visit in the Trojan camps
— Lucy Mission (@LucyMission) September 22, 2021
“The Kuiper Belt, for example, is a lot redder than the Trojans, which are a lot redder than the asteroid belt
Lucy is currently set to begin its exploration of the Jupiter Trojans with a launch no earlier than October 16, 2021, at 5:34 am EDT (09:34 UTC) from SLC-41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket
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