Astronomers Have a Very Detailed Map of the 16 Psyche Asteroid

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One of the biggest objects in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid 16 Psyche

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Additionally, it's practically a gold mine! Psyche has a diameter of around 200 kilometres and is abundant in metals like iron and nickel

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Grab some metal from the 16 Psyche asteroid if you want to become wealthy, then. However, astronomers appear to be thinking the same way.

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In 2019, our magazine learned that NASA is getting ready to investigate the 16 Psyche asteroid in greater detail

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Although that mission is still in the works, NASA astronomers haven't completely forgotten about the asteroid

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In advance of the planned expedition to study the asteroid up-close, a number of telescopes amassed sufficient data

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according to ScienceAlert, to enable researchers to create a map of the space object.

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An M-type asteroid or a dwarf planet?

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The new map of the 16 Psyche asteroid was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, and it’s known as “The Heterogeneous Surface of Asteroid (16) Psyche.”

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The map's lead author and professor at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) at MIT, Saverio Cambioni, explained:

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16 Due to its enormous size, Psyche can be classified as either a M-type asteroid or a dwarf planet.

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