Prospects of a New L5 Trojan Flyby Target for the Lucy Mission

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is en route to conduct the first close encounter with Jupiter’s Trojans. While most scheduled flybys lie in the L _4 cloud, the only L _5 target is the Patroclus–Menoetius binary. Since each flyby offers unique insights into target and population properties unattainable from E...

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Published in:	The Planetary Science Journal
Main Authors:	Luis E. Salazar Manzano, David W. Gerdes, Kevin J. Napier, Hsing Wen Lin, Fred C. Adams, Tessa Frincke, Simone Marchi, Keith S. Noll, John Spencer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Subjects:	Jupiter trojans Flyby missions Orbits Sky surveys
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adf5c2