How to watch Jupiter-bound NASA probe's gravity assist flyby from Earth
Space watchers hoping to get a glimpse of a near-Earth object of the NASA kind will want to look to the skies this weekend as Jupiter-bound probe Lucy makes a close pass of our planet for a gravity assist, just in time for its first anniversary.That means skygazers in north western Australia should be able toFor those with a suitable telescope and in western north America, you should be able to glimpse the bird from 1126 UTC after it emerges from the Earth's shadow.
"The last time we saw the spacecraft, it was being enclosed in the payload fairing in Florida. It is exciting that we will be able to stand here in Colorado and see the spacecraft again,"Lucy will be coming in close to Earth, flying within the orbit of the International Space Station where satellite traffic is heavy.
Rich Burns, Lucy's project manager at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, said the satellite was supposed to pass 30 miles closer to Earth, though those plans were changed when one of Lucy's solar panelsLucy's near-Earth flight plan brings it close enough that NASA had to account for atmospheric drag, which an unlatched solar panel would make even worse.
"We chose to use a bit of our fuel reserves so that the spacecraft passes the Earth at a slightly higher altitude, reducing the disturbance from the atmospheric drag on the spacecraft's solar arrays," Burns said.
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