A Postcard from Dinkinesh

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This is from her flyby of the asteroid <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/dinkinesh/">Dinkinesh</a> and its moon, Selam, on November 1, 2023.</p> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 float-start"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="../../../img/graphics/Dinkinesh-Postcard-Front.webp" width="100%" alt="A vintage style postcard of the cartoon Lucy spacecraft flying by the asteroid Dinkinesh and it contact-binary satellite, Selam." /> </figure> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 float-start"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="../../../img/graphics/Dinkinesh-Postcard-Back.webp" width="100%" alt="The back of the postcard with an watermark-style image of the asteroid Dinkinesh and its contact-binary satellite, Selam." /> </figure> </div> <p>Print out your own postcard <a href="/img/graphics/Dinkinesh-Postcard.pdf">Here</a> (<a href="/img/graphics/Dinkinesh-Postcard-fullres.pdf">Full Resolution</a>). 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