Donaldjohanson Image Gallery

Asteroid Donaldjohanson (boxed in white) moving amongst background stars as seen by Lucy from 45 million miles away (70 million km). These alternating images, taken on Feb 20 and Feb 22, were released on February 25th, 2025, just 53 days before encounter! To the bottom right, you can see a different asteroid passing through the field of view!

Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab

This series of optical navigation images obtained by the L’LORRI imager on NASA’s Lucy spacecraft show the asteroid Donaldjohanson getting brighter over a period of 39 days in February and March 2025 as the spacecraft approaches the asteroid. Lucy will flyby Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025.

Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL

Artist conception of Donaldjohanson.

Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab