That's no moon.
There's a cling-on off the starboard bow... Small moon spotted orbiting asteroid NASA's Lucy will visit in 2027
A relatively small rock was spotted orbiting asteroid Eurybates this month by scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope. Luckily enough, that's the same asteroid NASA's Lucy probe is aiming to fly past and inspect in 2027, so boffins will be able to get a closer look at both. Eurybates is one of the Trojan asteroids, a cloud …
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Saturday 11th January 2020 00:54 GMT Pascal Monett
We have seen so little of our Universe
Every time we have sent out a camera to snap pics of anything in our Solar System, we have always been surprised. Every. Single. Time.
I'm betting that Eurybates and its moon are going to reveal things nobody is expecting, and I can't wait to find out what it will be.
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