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Asteroid Donaldjohanson Wobbles as It Rotates, Lucy Flyby Reveals
Scientists said the asteroid’s two-lobed shape and clay minerals point to a violent collision and only brief exposure to liquid water.
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Asteroid Donaldjohanson wobbles as it rotates, Lucy flyby reveals
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 Earth days while wobbling around its horizontal axis every 26.5 days. The findings are published in the journal Science.
·United Kingdom
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In April 2025, the asteroid Donaldjohanson, discovered by the space probe Lucy during a passing flight, taumbles through space, as the analysis of the images revealed.
·Heidelberg, Germany
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