SwRI-Led LUCY Mission Shows Dinkinesh Asteroid is a Binary

New images captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft confirmed that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is a binary, two asteroids that orbit a common center of mass. The SwRI-led mission will now fly by 11 asteroids in its 12-year mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.

Oct 18, 2023

Studying the Solar System through Research and Exploration

Southwest Research Institute's Solar System Science & Exploration Division has over 100 employees and is located in the Exeter Building at 11th and Walnut in downtown Boulder, Colorado.

Areas of research and development:

Space Studies
Planetary Physics
Planetary Atmospheres and Surfaces
Lunar Origin and Evolution
Solar Physics
Solar System Dynamics
Astronomy
Computer Systems
Space Operations
Space Technologies
Mission Operations

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), based in San Antonio, Texas, is an independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical science research and development organization with over 3000 employees. The Solar System Science & Exploration Division's goals are excellence in space research and the expansion and deepening of SwRI's space research efforts.

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