High-Level Project Summary
With "ÍO" we seek to illustrate NASA's Lucy Mission to the Trojan asteroids and represent the diversity that the lucy satellite will explore through a 35cm x 35cm model that contains the illustration of the surface of Jupiter, the lucy satellite and their environment, in addition to showing that art is a perfect complement to STEM areas.
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Detailed Project Description
We developed "ÍO" named after one of Jupiter's moons, seeking to represent through art, a model that visually and dynamically presents NASA's Lucy Mission to the Trojan asteroids, the mission that consists of the lucy satellite with the objective in the 8 Trojan asteroids (originating from the formation of the planets) with an approximate duration of twelve months with the aim of understanding the evolution of the solar system, to We have develop "IO" we used recycled materials such as disposable plates, sponges, cardboard and some wire with the purpose of showing that creating art only needs passion and creativity, we firmly believe that art is a perfect complement to the areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), art and science together will allow us to go very far.
Space Agency Data
NASA's Lucy Mission to the Trojan Asteroids consists that the Lucy probe (which is named after the Lucy fossil discovered in the 1970s) will travel through 8 of the Jupiter Trojan asteroids from planet-forming debris with the objective of learn more about them, since with conventional telescopes or even the Hubble telescope it's not possible to see them. And just as the Lucy fossil facilitated the understanding of human evolution, the Lucy probe could reveal information about the "fossils of the planets” so it will provide information on the evolution of the solar system. The destination of the mission is the Lagrange point L4, reaching the first cloud of the target asteroids in 2027, the Trojan asteroids orbit around 60º ahead of Jupiter, these are: (3548) Eurybates, (15094) Polymele, ( 11351) Leucus and (21900) Orus. Once this happens Lucy will return close to Earth to receive gravitational assistance and thus arrive at Lagrange L5, the next Trojan cloud found at 60 ° behind Jupiter: there (617) Patroclus, '(617) Patroclus I Menoetius'. It will also go for the inner main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson, named after the paleoanthropologist who discovered the asteroid cloud that orbits about 60 degrees ahead of Jupiter.
The mission will be carried out with the help of the three instruments used by the satellite: a high-resolution visible imager, an optical and near-infrared imaging spectrometer, which will allow us to know the Trojan asteroids and see them up close.
Hackathon Journey
It was a very good experience for all the team to be working all together for better results, the coexistence with friends and having a good time laughing, talking, giving ideas for the proyect and we leared that is better to work in teams.
References
NASA (September 30, 2021). “We Asked a NASA Scientist: What are the Trojan Asteroids?” Retrieved on Octuber 1, 2021 from the website: https://cutt.ly/nEDv05t
Roman V (August 26, 2021). “2021 PH27, el asteroide más cercano al Sol que el propio Mercurio.” Retrieved on Octuber 1, 2021 from the website: https://cutt.ly/6EDv744
NASA (September 28, 2021). “NASA’s Lucy Mission Prepares for Launch to Trojan Asteroids.” Retrieved on Octuber 1, 2021 from the website: https://cutt.ly/pEDbrQA
Tags
#teamwork #hackathon #spaceapps #nasa #art #recycling #TrojanAsteroids
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