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Earth has not one, but two Trojan asteroids now, reveals recent study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], February 2 (ANI): Trojan asteroid, also called Trojan planet, is any one of a number of asteroids that occupy a stable Lagrangian point in a planet's orbit around the Sun. Recent research by astronomers has discovered the second Earth Trojan asteroid, almost a decade after
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NASA, ULA launch Lucy mission to 'fossils' of planet formation
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): NASA's Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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NASA's Lucy Mission prepares for launch to Trojan asteroids
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): NASA has tested the functions of Lucy, the agency's first spacecraft to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, filled it with fuel, and is preparing to pack it into a capsule for launch on October 16.
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