A Pre-flyby View on the Origin of Asteroid Donaldjohanson, a Target of the NASA Lucy Mission

The NASA Lucy mission is scheduled to fly by the main-belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson on 2025 April 20. Donaldjohanson (DJ hereafter) is a member of the primitive (C-type class) Erigone collisional asteroid family located in the inner main belt in proximity of the source regions of asteroids (1...

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Main Authors: Simone Marchi, David Vokrouhlický, David Nesvorný, William F. Bottke, Josef Ďurech, Harold F. Levison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adb4f4
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