Lucy

Lucy is the first spacecraft to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, a population of objects thought to be leftovers from the solar system's formation.
Mission Link
Jupiter Trojans Main Belt Asteroids Flyby NASA SwRI
Launch
16 Oct 2021
Location
Sun Earth Jupiter Dinkinesh Donaldjohanson Eurybates Polymele Leucus Orus Patroclus + Menoetius Lucy
Julian Date: 2459504.0
ISO Date: 2021-10-16T12:00 UTC
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Timeline
Earth Gravity Assist 1
16 Oct 2022
Dinkinesh Encounter
1 Nov 2023
Earth Gravity Assist 2
13 Dec 2024
Donaldjohanson Encounter
20 Apr 2025
Eurybates + Queta Encounter
12 Aug 2027
Polymele + Satellite Encounter
15 Sep 2027
Leucus Encounter
18 Apr 2028
Orus Encounter
11 Nov 2028
Earth Gravity Assist 3
27 Dec 2030
Patroclus + Menoetius Encounter
3 Mar 2033