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Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, 16 Psyche is a large main-belt asteroid classified as M-type. Observations indicate a substantial metal component, including iron-nickel material, but its exact mixture of metal and rock remains a research question. Its resemblance to material associated with plane...
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The Psyche spacecraft is a NASA orbiter launched in October 2023 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, intended to study the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche. Upon its expected arrival in 2029, the spacecraft will enter orbit around the asteroid, which is hypothesized to be the exposed core of an early pl...
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Promising asteroid mission successfully launched, but science payoff remains future and unproven.
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