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Asteroid Donaldjohanson, which is seen by Lucy’s long distance intelligence images (L’h lorri). This is one of the most comprehensive images that the NASA Lucy spacecraft returned through its flby. | Credit: Asteroid Donaldjohanson, which is seen by Lucy’s long distance intelligence (L’uci). This is one of the most comprehensive images that the NASA Lucy spacecraft returned through its flby.
The geological features of the NASA Lucy spacecraft now visited by a strange form asteroid now have official names, and, like the mission monker, they reflect attention to the early people’s relatives.
Lucy flew to the asteroid, known as 52246 DonaldjohansonApril 20, and the names of the spacecraft and the asteroid were far from accidental. asteroid is named Donald Johanson, an American paleoanthropologist who discovered Lucy, now a famous partial hominin skeleton named Donald Johanson name Australopithecus Afarensis It inspired Lucy’s missionName. Lucy the hominin got his name from 1967 Heard at the camp At night he discovered a 3.18 million -year skeleton in 1974.
The scientists now have called the features of Asteroid Donaldjohanson, and the names were confirmed by the International Astronomical Union, the official arbitrator of the astronomical names.
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Two asteroid lobes were named after the geographical regions associated with hominin’s discoveries. The smaller column is called Afar, after further Hadar, the Ethiopia, the Triangle region, where the lucy skeleton was found. The larger column is called “Olduva”, a significant river gorge in Tanzania, where many other hominin fossils were found.
The asteroid neck or Collum, which connects to two lobes, was named Windover. The name comes from the Windover archaeological site located near the Cape Cape Space Forces Station in Florida, where in 2021. Lucy spacecraft started.
“The remains of people and artefacts, after recovering from that place, changed our understanding of the people who lived in Florida a statement;
There are also two smooth areas on the asteroid neck. One such “Regio” is named Hadar, after the area where Lucy Fossil was found. Another area is called the Minatogawa, after the Okinava region, where the oldest known Japan hominins were found.
The names of the geological features of the asteroid Donaldjohanson were officially recognized. | Credit: NASA Goddard/Swri/Johns Hopkins AP
In addition, the noticeable names of the fossils were attributed to “Donaldjohanson to choose boulders and craters,” the NASA official said in a statement.
These names appear to be Boxgro Saxum, Cashel Saxum, Kennewick Saxum, Luzia Dorsum, Mungo (A Crater) and Narmada (other crater) Planetary Nomenclature PublicationThe US Geological Survey Service, which has published all the names approved by Donaldjohanson so far. (Latin ‘dorsum ‘ Means something like a “ridge” and “.Rock“Translate to ‘big stone’ or ‘boulder’.)
Asteroid Donaldjohanson turned the Lucy spacecraft practicing its main mission: using its scientific instruments of space rocks known as troy. Trojan asteroids share JupiterThe orbit is named after the ancient Trojan city.
Donaldjohanson Flyby’s goals covered features photography on the asteroid that is between Mars and Jupiter asteroid belt; From September 9th. The Lucy spacecraft was about 300 million miles (480 million kilometers) from the sun, According to NASA; He is on the way to the next meeting with the Trojan Asteroid Eurybates (which called the Homer’s work), which is expected to be expected in 2027. August