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The Psyche mission aims to characterize 16 Psyche's geology, shape, elemental composition, magnetic field, and mass distribution. It is expected that this mission will increase the understanding of planetary formation and interiors. Instruments onboard of the spacecraft: [33] 1. Hall-effect thrusters 2. Optical telecommunications system 3. Star ...
No spacecraft has visited Psyche, but a mission to Psyche was proposed to NASA in 2014. [41] [42] A team led by Lindy Elkins-Tanton, [43] the director of the School for Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, presented a concept for a robotic Psyche orbiter. This team argued that 16 Psyche would be a valuable object for study ...
NASA has launched a spacecraft to study the metal asteroid Psyche to determine whether it’s the exposed core of an early planetary building block. Psyche mission launches as NASA’s first trip ...
NASA launched its Psyche mission toward a rare, metallic asteroid of the same name orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. NASA spacecraft begins 6-year journey to mysterious metal asteroid Skip to ...
Scientists have numerous other theories for how 16 Psyche could have formed. A giant metallic asteroid, about three times farther away from the sun than the Earth, has caught the attention of ...
English: 16 Psyche space elevator. This asteroid as a mean diameter of 223 km and has a Equatorial rotation velocity of 53.14 km/h or .0147 km/s, making a rotation in just over 4 hours. This asteroid as a mean diameter of 223 km and has a Equatorial rotation velocity of 53.14 km/h or .0147 km/s, making a rotation in just over 4 hours.
NASA’s Psyche mission aims to lift off October 12 — and be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid that may be the exposed core of an early planetary building block.
The asteroid 16 Psyche is a candidate for the parent body of the mesosiderites. [5] However, a reliable delivery mechanism lacks for Psyche, and spectral analysis indicates the mesosiderites derive from the Maria Asteroid Family [6]