the start of a 4 billion milejourney. lift off, atlas v takes flight. the atlas v rocket is carrying a craft called lucy, that aims to go into orbit around jupiter and study a group of asteroids called trojans, some of which are the size of a city. so what are the trojan asteroids? there asteroids which orbit withjupiter around the sun that ultimately hold the clues to the formation of our solar system. lucy s giant solar panels would only generate enough electricity to power a few light bulbs on earth but around jupiter, it s enough to reach the trojan asteroids and ask questions like what they made of and where do come from? by going to visit a large number, eight asteroids in total, over the mission lifetime, we ll really better understand all about the asteroids. so if you only see one, maybe you got a bit of a funny one, but by seeing eight, you get to really understand what s going on in this population.
scientists want lucy to test their theory that the early solar system was juggled around by gravity with some objects being thrown in and others out, just like billiard balls. but they ll need patience. lucy s expected to be operating around asteroids for the next 12 years. duncan kennedy, bbc news. an unusual development in the world of turtles now, because a wildlife rescue centre in boston has given birth to a tiny terrapin with two heads. earlier i spoke to the man looking after it, dr greg mertz, from the new england wildlife centre, this is a diamondback terrapin, a brackish water turtle, a mix of saltwater and freshwater, and it didn t hatch with us, it actually hatched out in one of the nests. this particular title, this species is threatened in the state of massachusetts, and we have lots of people, lots of town people and non profit organisations who look after individual nests, and one of those nests, this particular one came in from the town of barnstable is, nature group t
enough to bring her home. we will have to enough to bring her home. we will have to leave it there, thank you very much for making the time for us. nasa has successfully launched its first mission to studyjupiter s trojan asteroids two vast clusters of space rocks that surround the planet. scientists believe they are made up of matter that formed the solar system s outer planets. duncan kennedy reports three, two, one, zero. the start of a 4 billion milejourney. lift off, atlas v takes flight. the atlas v rocket is carrying a craft called lucy, that aims to go into orbit around jupiter and study a group of asteroids called trojans, some of which are the size of a city. so what are the trojan asteroids? there asteroids which orbit withjupiter around the sun that ultimately hold the clues to the formation of our solar system. lucy s giant solar panels would only
asteroids two vast clusters of space rocks that surround the planet. scientists believe they are made up of matter that formed the solar system s outer planets. duncan kennedy explains three, two, one, zero. the start of a 4 billion milejourney. lift off, atlas v takes flight. the atlas v rocket is carrying a craft called lucy, that aims to go into orbit around jupiter and study a group of asteroids called trojans, some of which are the size of a city. so what are the trojan asteroids? there asteroids which orbit withjupiter around the sun that ultimately hold the clues to the formation of our solar system. lucy s giant solar panels would only generate enough electricity to power a few light bulbs on earth but around jupiter, it s enough to reach the trojan asteroids and ask questions like what they made of and where do come from? by going to visit a large number, eight asteroids in total, over the mission lifetime, we ll really better understand
all about the asteroids. so if you only see one, maybe you got a bit of a funny one, but by seeing eight, you get to really understand what s going on in this population. scientists want lucy to test their theory that the early solar system was juggled around by gravity with some objects being thrown in and others out, just like billiard balls. but they ll need patience. lucy s expected to be operating around asteroids for the next 12 years. duncan kennedy, bbc news. a reminder of our top story: the bbc has learned that a man detained on suspicion of killing the british mp, david amess, had previously attended a government scheme to prevent radicalisation. the suspect named as ali harbi ali is thought not to have been put on a watchlist of subjects, of interest to the security services.