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Season 5, Episode 9: This Asteroid Is Metal
Season 5 · Episode 9

Season 5, Episode 9: This Asteroid Is Metal

Scientists will soon have the opportunity to visit a unique object in the asteroid belt called Psyche, which may be the exposed metallic core of a planetary body that stopped growing before it became a big planet like Earth. Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton explains.

Gravity Assist · Michael Bock

July 2, 202125m 14s

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Scientists will soon have the opportunity to visit a unique object in the asteroid belt called Psyche, which may be the exposed metallic core of a planetary body that stopped growing before it became a big planet like Earth. Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton explains.