New Scans Give us a Better View of the Metal Asteroid Psyche

New Scans Give us a Better View of the Metal Asteroid Psyche
By Nancy Atkinson

In 2022, NASA will launch a spacecraft to asteroid Psyche (16 Psyche), one of the largest in the asteroid belt, and the only known asteroid to be composed almost entirely of metals like iron and nickel. Now, scientists have taken a new look at Psyche using the Hubble Space Telescope, conducting the first ultraviolet observations …

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November 2, 2020 at 08:11PM
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