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Spacecraft Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson (science.nasa.gov)
submitted 3 months ago by paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to c/space@mander.xyz
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The spacecraft has begun returning images that were collected as it flew approximately 600 miles (960 km) from the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025.

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[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Here's a very quick and dirty 3D model from Doug Ellison posted on Sketchfab:

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/asteroid-dj-from-gif-a213e65bd25c484dab2e6c1d56d29a56

Credits: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL