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Psyche (/ ˈ s aɪ k i / SY-kee) is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023, to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029. [8]
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 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 ...
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 ...
Later this year, NASA is sending a spaceship to an asteroid called "16 Psyche." The sheer volume of metal on the asteroid is staggering—and incredibly valuable.
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 ]
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