NASA is launching a mission to the asteroid in 2022 in the hope of exploring what was long thought to be the exposed iron core of a small planet. But a study has cast new light on its origins.
$10,000 quadrillion worth Asteroid 16 Psyche has a different origin story, study suggests
Scientists believed that asteroid 16 Psych is the exposed iron core of a small planet that failed to form during the earliest days of the solar system
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A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Arizona has suggested that the previous understanding regarding asteroid 16 Psyche was entirely wrong. Earlier, scientists believed that asteroid 16 Psyche could be most probably the exposed iron core of a small planet that failed to form during the earliest days of the solar system. But now, the latest research suggests that the space rock might not be as metallic or dense as previously thought.
New research by a UArizona undergraduate finds that asteroid 16 Psyche, the target of an upcoming NASA mission, may not be as metallic or dense as predicted.