Where are we now?

2026-02-21 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-14)

WHERE IS LUCY?
- Barycentric speed: 12.60 km/s (-0.14 km/s)
- Eurybates flyby in: 536 days

🪨 Relative to Eurybates
- Distance (km): 256,331,962.67 km (-3,467,438.39 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.71 (-0.02)
- Light travel time: 14 min 15.06 s (-11.57 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 561,821,749.79 km (-11,115,357.62 km)
- Distance (AU): 3.76 (-0.07)
- Light travel time: 31 min 14.09 s (-37.08 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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