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Planet Core
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When we think of the earth's core we think of molten metal thousands of miles beneath the earth's surface. But we really do not know much else about it. When it comes to the core of our planet, it's incredibly difficult to research because in order to study it we would have to dig thousands of miles down, and have tools that could withstand both the extreme heat and pressure without breaking. However recently a team at NASA discovered an Asteroid that could potentially help us learn more about our own planet.
This asteroid is named 16 Psyche and is 173 miles wide, 140 miles long and made mostly of metal. Psyche resides within our sun's orbit and floats between Jupitar and Mars which is around 272 million miles away. On a side note, scientists calculated that 16 Psyche has a 5 year long solar orbit with 4 hour long days meaning that there are 10,950 days in one Psyche year. Lastly, The rock gets the first part of its title by being the 16th discovered asteroid while the second comes from the 18 century astronomer, Annibale De Gasparis, who named it after the Greek deity Of the Soul, Psyche.
The reason for this being important for researchers is due to the asteroid's potential size and material it is made of. What scientists suspect is that Psyche is actually a long dead planet's core that had its surface peeled off after some planetary hit and runs. With this in mind researchers have sent a satellite towards the potential core to record data of its magnetic fields to determine it really was one. As of October of 2023 Mission Psyche was launched. With the chances of This asteroid being an early planetoid originating from the solar system's creation. There's so much potential to learn more about how our home was made and the past before it.
Although this is the end of the blog, still try to learn more as you go throughout life. Maybe not everything is useful throughout your life but please make sure to enjoy it . Thank you for reading, and don't forget to keep learning,
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Hi Dorian! Absolutely loved this post and it really intrigued me! I just read a book on asteroids and it's so nice to see people interested in them! They're such a fascinating and amazing part of our huge universe.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see all 4 entries for the last GP, Dorian. Pretty good new ideas and topics and writing flow. Good visuals. Keep digging into analysis and significance--you are a bit brief at times.
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