152830 Dinkinesh

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152830 Dinkinesh is a small main-belt asteroid that became the first object visited by NASA's Lucy mission, which approached the asteroid at a distance of 425 km on 2023-Nov-1. About 790 m in diameter, it was later discovered to have a contact binary satellite about 220 m in diameter known as Selam

Dinkinesh with it's moon Selam in the background, image taken at 12:55 p.m. EDT (1655 UTC) Nov 1 2023

Departure image from Lucy showing Dinkinesh and Selam, image taken at 13:02 p.m. EDT (1702 UTC) Nov 1 2023

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