# @planetary_pan on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CL-MAmMnJSn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33110999-planetary-pan-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-03-03T21:28:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Beth Johnson (@planetarypan) — https://gondola.cc/planetarypan

## Caption

On yesterday's Daily Space, I explained the history of the Trojan asteroids, their discovery, and their naming. I also talked about the Lucy mission, whose launch window opens in October. You can read the whole story here: https://buff.ly/3qdC7oP⠀
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IMAGE: Illustration of the Lucy mission’s seven targets: the binary asteroid Patroclus/Menoetius, Eurybates, Orus, Leucus, Polymele, and the main belt asteroid DonaldJohanson. CREDIT: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab⠀
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#planetaryscience #dailyspace #cosmoquest #trojanasteroid #trojans #lucymission #nasa #nasagoddard #theiliad #asteroids

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theiliad, nasa, lucymission, asteroids, trojanasteroid, dailyspace, nasagoddard, cosmoquest, trojans, planetaryscience

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