Designing Lucy s Path to the Trojan Asteroids

Lucy is the first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojans two swarms of asteroids that share Jupiters orbit, leading and trailing the giant planet by sixty degrees. These primitive bodies are thought to be the fossils of planet formation, trapped by Jupiters gravity at the dawn of the solar system. Now, NASA is sending Lucy on a winding, twelveyearlong path to visit one mainbelt asteroid and seven Jupiter Trojans. Lucy will provide the first upclose look at these mysterious objects, helping scientists to better understand the evolution of the solar system. Learn more about Lucys path to eight asteroids: Music: Ocean Simulation and The Sequencer Paradox by Laetitia Frenod; The Chess Game by David James Elliott and Martin Gratton; Tale of Time by Markus Gleissner, via Universal Production Music Asteroid Ryugu imagery provided by: JAXA Hayabusa 2 Video credit: NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center, S