Where are we now?Jan 31

2026-01-31 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-01-24)

WHERE IS LUCY?
- Barycentric speed: 13.03 km/s (-0.15 km/s)
- Eurybates flyby in: 557 days

🪨 Relative to Eurybates
- Distance (km): 266,819,350.39 km (-3,557,088.33 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.78 (-0.02)
- Light travel time: 14 min 50.04 s (-11.87 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 595,979,036.89 km (-11,439,970.82 km)
- Distance (AU): 3.98 (-0.08)
- Light travel time: 33 min 8.03 s (-38.16 s)

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Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?

— Carl Sagan

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