Lucy shot to superstardom after her discovery in Ethiopia in 1974. The members of the archaeological expedition who found her named her after the Beatles song "Lucy in the sky with diamonds".

The encounter will boost Lucy's velocity by 7.2 kilometers (4.5 miles) per second with respect to the Sun. If you want to see it streak across the sky, the team at the Virtual Telescope Project ...

Johanson named her after the Beatles' song, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." Not far from the Lucy site, another significant find was made, this one also by Donald Johanson. Known as "The First ...