When the asteroid Psyche has its first close-up with a NASA spacecraft, scientists hypothesize they will find a metal-rich asteroid. It could be part or all of the iron-rich interior of a planetesimal, an early planetary building block, that was stripped of its outer rocky shell as it repeatedly collided with other large bodies during […]
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General, Ames Research Center, Ames Research Center's Science Directorate, Asteroids, Discovery Program, Missions, NASA Centers & Facilities, Planetary Science Division, Psyche Asteroid, Psyche Mission, Science Mission Directorate, SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) / 747-SP, The Solar System
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October 2, 2023
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