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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.
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] [10]
NASA is planning a mission for October 10, 2023 for the Psyche orbiter to launch and get to the asteroid by August 2029 to study. [8] 511 Davida could have $27 quadrillion worth of minerals and resources. [9] NASA estimates that between 1.1 and 1.9 million asteroids in the asteroid belt are larger than 1 kilometer in diameter. Millions are smaller.
Lindy Elkins-Tanton is an American planetary scientist and professor [1] whose research concerns terrestrial planetary evolution. She is the Principal Investigator of NASA's Psyche mission to explore the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche, Arizona State University Vice President of the Interplanetary Initiative, and co-founder of Beagle Learning, a tech company training and measuring collaborative ...
0–9. 16 Psyche; 21 Lutetia; 22 Kalliope; 55 Pandora; 69 Hesperia; 75 Eurydike; 97 Klotho; 110 Lydia; 125 Liberatrix; 129 Antigone; 132 Aethra; 135 Hertha; 136 Austria
Scientists wonder whether this asteroid, named 16 Psyche, could be an exposed core of an early planet, once possibly as large as Mars, that lost its rocky outer layers after countless collisions ...
The most recent fall of a mesosiderite occurred at Dong Ujimqin Qi in China, on September 7, 1995, where three large pieces with a total mass of 129 kilograms (284 lb) fell. The fall of the Estherville mesosiderite in Iowa, US occurred on May 10, 1879. After a brilliant fireball had been seen, a shower of several large masses and many small ...
Asteroid lander and sample return (sample returned 5 December 2020), first asteroid rover [359] [452] [453] PROCYON: 3 December 2014 Comet observer and attempted asteroid flyby (engine failure) [454] DSCOVR: 11 February 2015 Solar observation [455] [456] ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and EDM lander: 14 March 2016 Mars orbiter and attempted lander ...