NASA’s Lucy spacecraft observed the total lunar eclipse from a unique vantage point 100 million kilometers from Earth.
At the beginning of last week, the first eclipse lunar total 2022. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recorded the phenomenon from a unique perspective in deep space.
At a distance of 100 million kilometers from Earth, Lucy used her L’LORRI high-resolution camera to record the astronomical event in a brief time-lapse.
In the video, which lasts just two seconds, the Earth is seen rotating to the left while the Moon, whose brightness has been increased by 6 times, passes through the shadow of our planet.
“While total lunar eclipses are not that rare – they happen more or less every year – it is not so often that you have the opportunity to observe them from a totally new angle“, said researcher Hal Levison of the Southwest Research Institute, quoted by the Sci-News.
“When we realized that Lucy had the opportunity to observe the 15-16 May lunar eclipse as part of the instrument calibration process, everyone was incredibly excited,” he added.
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft
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“Capturing these images was really a incredible team effort“, said John Spencer, also of the Southwest Research Institute. “The instruments, guidance, navigation and science operations teams all had to work together to collect this data, putting the Earth and Moon in the same frame.”
Launched on October 16 of last year, the Lucy mission aims to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, which can provide valuable insights into the formation of the Solar System.
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