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Twin Moons of Dinkinesh: NASA’s Lucy Unveils a Surprising Discovery


NASA’s Lucy spacecraft's November 2023 flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh revealed significant geological features indicating its internal strength and complex history. Images showed a trough, a ridge, and a contact binary satellite, Selam. These findings, suggesting that Dinkinesh responded dynamically to

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