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max-width:600px"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <h3 class="modal-title"> Asteroid Parameter Citations </h3> <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal"></button> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <p> <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/abf840/meta"> Levison et al., (2021) </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="my-4 mx-2"> <h3 class="my-1">Encounter Basics <a href="#EncounterModal" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#EncounterModal"><sup>*</sup></a></h3> <ul> <li> <b>Date:</b> April 18, 2028</li> <li> <b>Time of Closest Approach:</b> 19:32 UTC (13:32 MDT) </li> <li> <b>Closest Approach Distance:</b> ≤620 miles (≤1000 km) </li> <li> <b>Encounter Speed:</b> 5.9 km/s </li> <li> <b>Distance From Earth:</b> 4.9 AU (731 million miles, 41 light-minutes) </li> <li> <b>Time Since Launch:</b> 6 years, 186 days (2376 days) </li> </ul>  <div class="modal" id="EncounterModal"> <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered modal-dialog-scrollable" style="width:100%; 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His name means "white" in Greek.</p>  <div class="modal" id="FunFactModal"> <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered modal-dialog-scrollable" style="width:100%; max-width:600px"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <h3 class="modal-title"> Fun Fact Naming Citations </h3> <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal"></button> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <a href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=leucus&view=OPD"> REF: MPC batch dated 2016-02-22 </a> </p> <p> Leucus's name: <a href="https://www.unistellar.com/blog/detect-trojan-asteroid-leucus-for-nasas-lucy-mission/"> NASA. (n.d.). Lucy mission: Frequently asked questions. 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We won't know what it actually looks like until Lucy gets there in 2028! <p><small> Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIR </small></p> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="modal" id="T2CAM"> <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered modal-dialog-scrollable" style="width:100%; max-width:600px"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <h3 class="modal-title"> Top-down view of Leucus encounter trajectory </h3> <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal"></button> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="../../../img/encounter-trajectories/traj_Leucus.jpg" class="figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block"> <figcaption class="figure-caption"> <p> A top-down, Solar System view showing Lucy's trajectory during the Leucus encounter on April 18, 2028. White: asteroids that Lucy will fly by. Grey: select other Trojan asteroids. Blue: Earth. Red: Lucy spacecraft. Orange: Jupiter. </p> <p><small> Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/ASU </small></p> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <p class="fst-italic"> Banner Image: The encounter insignia for Leucus. 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