The asteroid was named after the paleontologist Donald Johanson, who in 1974 co-discovered the first identified example of previously unknown type of hominid.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has captured imagery of the strange asteroid Donaldjohanson. The mission is en route to investigate the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has encountered its second official asteroid, and once again, the object has defied expectations. The asteroid in question, Donaldjohanson, was visited by the mission on ...

Asteroid Donaldjohanson is named after Donald Johanson, the American paleoanthropologist who uncovered the skeletal remains of Lucy, one of humanity's oldest known ancestors.

The naming of the asteroid honors Johanson’s significant contribution to science, and also creates a symbolic link with NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, which is itself named after the famous fossil.

NASA's space-faring probe Lucy is set have a close encounter with an oddly shaped asteroid more than 100 million miles from Earth -- and scientists aren't sure what they're going to find.

On Easter Sunday (April 20), NASA's Lucy probe should have zipped past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing science instruments on the space rock.

On Easter Sunday (April 20), NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.

The asteroid is named after paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, the discoverer of the famous 3.2-million-year-old hominin fossil “Lucy,” after which NASA’s spacecraft is also named.

During its second encounter with an asteroid, NASA's Lucy spacecraft captured a close-up view of asteroid Donaldjohanson on 20 April 2025. Measuring eight kilometres in length, the asteroid is larger ...

Asteroid Donaldjohanson is named for anthropologist Donald Johanson, who discovered the fossilized skeleton — called “Lucy” — of a human ancestor. NASA’s Lucy mission is named for the ...

“She is in many ways a touchstone.” American anthropologist Donald Johanson first noticed what appeared to be a human-like elbow while out looking for fossils with a graduate student on Nov. 24, 1974, ...