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| In October 2023, NASA launched Psyche, a robotic orbiter spacecraft designed to study Main Belt asteroid (16) Psyche, the largest metallic asteroid in the Solar System. This asteroid is thought to be the exposed iron-nickel core of an ancient larger parent body, whose crust and mantle were stripped away by impacts. This asteroid could be a model for the cores of other rocky planets, such as Mars, Venus, and the Earth. How will Psyche the spacecraft explore Psyche the asteroid? Join Professor David Williams from the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, who is a member of the Psyche Science Team, for a discussion of this new NASA planetary mission. David A. Williams is a Research Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Williams is the Director of the Ronald Greeley Center for Planetary Studies, the NASA planetary data center at ASU, which conducts planetary data training events for ASU and NASA's Planetary Science Division. David is currently performing research in volcanology and planetary geology, with a focus on planetary mapping, geochemical, and remote sensing studies. Star Talks are in partnership with Prescott Astronomy Club and presented with funding from the Friends of the Prescott Public Library. |