Meet Selam: The Stellar New Discovery From NASA's Lucy Mission

The satellite discovered during the first asteroid encounter of NASA’s Lucy mission has an official name. On November 27, 2023, the International Astronomical Union approved the name “Selam” or ሰላም, which means “peace” in the Ethiopian language Amharic, for Dinkinesh’s moon. “Dinkinesh is the Eth

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