Psyche
LocationAsteroid belt
Year2023
Size4.5 m span
TypePlanetary probe
About Psyche
Visiting asteroid 16 Psyche, believed to be an exposed iron core. Popular estimates of its metal value run to absurd sums, though it could never be mined and sold at such prices. Will determine if it really is a planetary core. Arrives in 2029. Powered by solar electric propulsion, a first for deep space.
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