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16 Psyche (/ ˈ s aɪ k iː / SY-kee) is a large M-type asteroid, which was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, on 17 March 1852 and named after the Greek goddess Psyche. [10] The prefix "16" signifies that it was the sixteenth minor planet in order of discovery.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 00:17, 19 November 2021: 135 × 127 (4 KB): Kwamikagami: Uploaded a work by VSO Very Large Telescope SPHERE/ZIMPOL team from P. Vernazza et al. (2021) "VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis."
Asteroid 16 Psyche is the heaviest known M-type asteroid, and may be an exposed iron core of a protoplanet, the remnant of a violent collision with another object that stripped off its mantle and crust. On January 4, 2017, the Psyche mission was selected for NASA's Discovery #14 mission. [9] It was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. [10]
A NASA probe launched into space Friday on a 2.2-billion-mile journey to a huge, metal-rich space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. NASA's Psyche spacecraft launches on ...
Its mission: To study the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, which scientists suspect could mirror the inner core of Earth and other planets in the solar system. The probe, which also is named Psyche ...
Nasa has launched its Psyche craft into space, on a mission to study an ancient, metallic asteroid. It is aimed at an asteroid, also called Psyche, where it will arrive in 2029 and hopes to look ...
Parts-per-million chart of the relative mass distribution of the Solar System, each cubelet denoting 2 × 10 24 kg. This article includes a list of the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius.
An independent review board gave NASA’s Psyche mission the green light and its seal of approval following a scathing review in 2022. The Psyche mission, which will head to the asteroid belt, was ...