SwRI-led Lucy mission reveals wobbling peanut asteroid
June 18, 2026
June 18, 2026
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 18 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release:
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SwRI-led Lucy mission reveals wobbling peanut asteroid
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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists studying the inner main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson have found that its rotation wobbles. Rather than rolling through space in a steady pattern, Donaldjohanson turns on two axes, rotating end-over-end once every 10.5 Eart . . .
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SwRI-led Lucy mission reveals wobbling peanut asteroid
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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists studying the inner main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson have found that its rotation wobbles. Rather than rolling through space in a steady pattern, Donaldjohanson turns on two axes, rotating end-over-end once every 10.5 Eart . . .