Lecture Series.
August 2021 - Psyche: Mission to a Metallic World
This illustration, created in March 2021, depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASUPsyche: Mission to a Metallic World
August 19
Time: 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT; 0300 UTC)
Deep within the terrestrial planets, including Earth, scientists infer the presence of metallic cores, but these lie unreachably far below the planets’ rocky mantles and crusts. The asteroid Psyche offers a unique window into these building blocks of planet formation and the opportunity to investigate a previously unexplored type of world.
Speaker(s):
Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Principal Investigator, NASA Psyche Mission, Arizona State
Host:
Marc Razze, Public Services Office, NASA/JPL
Co-Host:
Lindsay McLaurin, Public Outreach Lead, NASA/JPL
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech