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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
Distant, ancient chunk of metal is thought to be a protoplanet
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 ...