Asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon

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   Fraser Cain (fraser@m.universetoday.com)'s status on Friday, 03-Nov-2023 09:55:14 JST Fraser Cain

   NASA's Lucy mission is on its way to Jupiter's Trojan belts to examine a collection of objects in the region. But its path brought it close to another asteroid in the main belt: Dinkinesh. The spacecraft flew past the asteroid on Nov. 1st, coming within 270 km. Mission controllers were surprised to discover the asteroid had a tiny moon. When Lucy was planned, they hoped it would fly past seven asteroids, but new objects have been discovered, bringing the total to 11.

   https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-lucy-spacecraft-discovers-2nd-asteroid-during-dinkinesh-flyby/