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NASA has released the first-ever high-resolution image of the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, highlighting its unique peanut shape.

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images Donaldjohanson is likely a fragment from a collision 150 million years ago, making it one of the youngest in ...

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— NASA (@NASA) April 21, 2025 Prior to Lucy’s flyby, Donaldjohanson had only been observed from Earth, with no previous spacecraft having visited it at close range.