SpazeAsteroid, M-type (metal)
Psyche
Possibly the exposed metal core of a shattered planet. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is due to arrive in 2029.
- Size
- 278 × 238 × 171 km
- Orbit
- 5 years
- Distance from Sun
- 2.5 to 3.3 AU
- Day
- 4.2 hours
- Gravity
- 0.013 g
- Reflects
- 12% of sunlight
- Visited by
- Psyche mission, from 2029
Can we live on Psyche?
Air: none to speak of. You’d live in sealed, pressurised habitats.
Gravity: 0.01 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 1 kg there.
Ground: Iron-nickel metal mixed with rock.
Atmosphere
- None to speak of
Measured by radar, spectra