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ShellyFri Sep-29-17 08:35 PM
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"NASA is planing a visit to a metal world"


  

          

As NASA looks to explore deeper into our solar system, one of the key areas of interest is studying worlds that can help researchers better understand our solar system and the universe around us. One of the next destinations in this knowledge-gathering campaign is a rare world called Psyche, located in the asteroid belt.

Psyche is different from millions of other asteroids because it appears to have an exposed nickel-iron surface.

Researchers at Arizona State University, Tempe, in partnership with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, believe the asteroid could actually be the leftover core of an early planet. And, since we can't directly explore any planet's core, including our own, Psyche offers a rare look into the violent history of our solar system.

"Psyche is a unique body because it is, by far, the largest metal asteroid out there; it's about the size of Massachusetts," said David Oh, the mission's lead project systems engineer at JPL. "

By exploring Psyche, we'll learn about the formation of the planets, how planetary cores are formed and, just as important, we'll be exploring a new type of world.

We've looked at worlds made of rock, ice and of gas, but we've never had an opportunity to look at a metal world, so this is brand new exploration in the classic style of NASA."

Shelly

  

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khouji123Fri Oct-20-17 05:16 AM
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#1. "RE: NASA is planing a visit to a metal world"
In response to Shelly (Reply # 0)
Fri Oct-20-17 05:16 AM by khouji123

          

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As NASA looks to explore deeper into our solar system, one of the key areas of interest is studying worlds that can help researchers better understand our solar system and the universe around us. One of the next destinations in this knowledge-gathering campaign is a rare world called Psyche, located in the asteroid belt.

Psyche is different from millions of other asteroids because it appears to have an exposed nickel-iron surface.

Researchers at Arizona State University, Tempe, in partnership with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, believe the asteroid could actually be the leftover core of an early planet. And, since we can't directly explore any planet's core, including our own, Psyche offers a rare look into the violent history of our solar system.

"Psyche is a unique body because it is, by far, the largest metal asteroid out there; it's about the size of Massachusetts," said David Oh, the mission's lead project systems engineer at JPL. "

By exploring Psyche, we'll learn about the formation of the planets, how planetary cores are formed and, just as important, we'll be exploring a new type of world.

We've looked at worlds made of rock, ice and of gas, but we've never had an opportunity to look at a metal world, so this is brand new exploration in the classic style of NASA."


It will be a big break if they can discover new minerals.

  

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ShellyFri Oct-20-17 02:21 PM
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#2. "RE: NASA is planing a visit to a metal world"
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Welcome to the forum!

In my years of experience4 working with NASA, we usually discover much more than we expected to. That is the beauty of science,

Shelly

  

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khouji123Mon Oct-23-17 02:37 AM
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#3. "RE: NASA is planing a visit to a metal world"
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Tue Oct-24-17 02:25 AM by khouji123

          

Science is really beautiful and you will know things beyond comprehension. I've been a BIology teacher for almost 10 years and I didn't have a dull moment in teaching.


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