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  1. V Martín @[email protected] ·

    Feature names for #AsteroidDonaldjohanson. According to astrafoxen on bsky, they're appropriately named after archeological sites and hominin fossils.

    Nomenclature news:
    planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/News

    Nomenclature map:
    asc-planetarynames-data.s3.us-

    Image Credit: NASA/Southwest Research Institute

    #LucyMission

    #asteroiddonaldjohanson #lucymission
  2. V Martín @[email protected] ·

    The #LucyMission posted yesterday the highest resolution photo they got of the whole #AsteroidDonaldjohanson (there are higher res partial closer photos)

    science.nasa.gov/blogs/lucy/20

    They have some other goodies in their gallery
    lucy.swri.edu/DonaldjohansonIm

    Personally, I was still a bit confused by the wavy ridge of the minor lobe, but with some color editing, it now looks to me that we are seeing part of the inner wall of a huge crater hollowing the lobe?

    Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL

    #lucymission #asteroiddonaldjohanson