
NASA surprised to discover 'dinky' moon orbiting asteroid in close flyby
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NASA snapped a picture of an asteroid in an outer belt near Mars, which had a tiny moon orbiting the space rock called Dinkinesh. The photo was taken using the spacecraft Lucy.
The Associated Press reported that the discovery was made when Lucy conducted a flyby of Dinkinesh in Mar’s main asteroid belt, nearly 300 million miles away. Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
The picture was reportedly taken when Lucy was 270 miles away from Dinkinesh, then sent the data and images back to earth.
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