Walkabout the Galaxy   /     The Low Down on Big G and the Young Moon of Dinkinesh

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NASA's Lucy mission discovered a surprising moon of the small asteroid Dinkinesh on its way to the orbit of Jupiter. New studies of that moon, a contact binary, suggest it may have a surprisingly young age. Meanwhile, cosmologists continue to wrestle...
Duration
45:19
Publishing date
2024-05-08 10:00
Link
https://walkaboutthegalaxy.libsyn.com/the-low-down-on-big-g-and-the-young-moon-of-dinkinesh
Contributors
  Josh Colwell, Addie Dove, Jim Cooney, Audrey Martin
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NASA's Lucy mission discovered a surprising moon of the small asteroid Dinkinesh on its way to the orbit of Jupiter. New studies of that moon, a contact binary, suggest it may have a surprisingly young age. Meanwhile, cosmologists continue to wrestle with various seemingly contradictory measurements. One model suggests a modification to that old Physics 1 standby, the gravitational constant (or is it?) G. Join us for all the astronomical news near and far, including space news updates and trivia.