<ul><li>New research suggests that the asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson formed about 150 million years ago when a much larger asteroid broke apart.</li><li>On April 20, 2025, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly by Donaldjohanson to collect data that could provide new insights into how asteroids form and change.</li><li>Donaldjohanson is part of the Erigone asteroid family and is expected to be elongated and rotate slowly.</li><li>The Lucy mission aims to uncover the history of the solar system by visiting 11 asteroids over 12 years, primarily focusing on the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter.</li></ul>

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