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Large craters offer clues to the origin of asteroid 16 Psyche
- March 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Even 200 years after asteroid 16 Psyche was discovered, astronomers continue to puzzle over its formation. Psyche is the 10th-most massive asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, and the largest known metallic asteroid, at 140 miles in diameter.
Originally published at Phys.org