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Lucy

Lucy

7 7.4
A NASA mission that visits Trojan asteroids near Jupiter to study the early solar system
  • proper noun
  • /ˈluːsi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sonda Lucy
  • NASA's Lucy mission will launch to explore the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter.

Examples

  • Lucy, the spacecraft, is designed to study the early history of our solar system.

  • Lucy's shoulder blades were missing, so this is the first chance scientists have had to study complete afarensis shoulders.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Laboratory analysis of the bones of a close relative of Lucy revealed how early hominins walked.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Many dozens of A. afarensis fossils have been uncovered since Lucy was discovered in 1974, but none as complete as this one.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The Lucy space mission aims to gather important data about asteroid formation.

Synonyms

space probe
vsLucy
  • Specialized
11 4.2

A machine sent into space without people to study planets and send information back

is a single NASA mission sent to study Trojan asteroids near Jupiter

Idioms

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
  • NSFW
9.9

A slang name for the drug LSD that makes people see things that are not real

Surface Forms

Lucy main

Etymology

Lucy is the name NASA gave to a spacecraft because the team named it after the famous fossil Lucy, wanting the same idea of learning about 'origins'. The mission will visit the Trojan asteroids to study how the solar system began.