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At this point, the first close-up images of 16 Psyche will be taken, with the asteroid appearing about 500 pixels across. Over the next 20 days the spacecraft will maneuver itself to enter the first of four science orbits. [57] Psyche is scheduled to enter orbit around 16 Psyche in August 2029. [1]
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.
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 ...
Distant, ancient chunk of metal is thought to be a protoplanet
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 ]