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NASA’s Lucy probe will fly by asteroid Dinkenish on November 1.  Here’s what to expect

NASA’s Lucy probe will fly by asteroid Dinkenish on November 1. Here’s what to expect

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is about to make its first flyby of an asteroid on Wednesday, November 1.

When Lucy flies by the half-mile-wide asteroid, called Dinkenish, that moment will mark the beginning of the probe’s 12-lire, 10-person tour of the asteroids. Ultimately, this spacecraft’s planned legacy is to become the first to investigate Trojan asteroids — asteroids that follow Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun and are believed to be remnants of the formation of our solar system.