Ukunikezelwa kwegcisa kwisiphekepheke seNASA's Psyche.IYunivesithi yaseArizona State Ulibale amanzi enyangeni, i-NASA ngoku ibethe igolide.
I-NASA i-Hubble Space Telescope ifumene i-asteroid enqabileyo, enzima nebaluleke kakhulu ebizwa ngokuba yi-16 Psyche kwibhanti ephambili ye-Solar System phakathi kwe-Mars ne-Jupiter.
I-Asteroid Psyche ibekwe malunga ne-230 yezigidi zeekhilomitha (i-370 yezigidi zeekhilomitha) ukusuka eMhlabeni kunye nemilinganiselo ye-140 yeekhilomitha (226 yeekhilomitha) ngaphesheya, malunga nobukhulu beWest Virginia. Yintoni eyenza ukuba ikhetheke kukuba, ngokungafaniyo nezinye ii-asteroids ezinamatye okanye zomkhenkce, iPsyche yenziwa phantse ngokupheleleyo zizinyithi, njengombindi woMhlaba, ngokwe ukufunda epapashwe kwi Ijenali yeSayensi yePlanethi NgoMvulo.
Siye sabona imeteorites ezisisinyithi, kodwa iPsyche inokuba yodwa kuba inokuba sisibhakabhaka esenziwe ngentsimbi kunye nenickel, utshilo uTracy Becker, omnye wababhali besifundo kunye nososayensi weplanethi kwiZiko loPhando loMzantsi-ntshona ISan Antonio, eTexas.
Ngenxa yobungakanani be-asteroid, umxholo wayo wesinyithi unokuxabisa i-10,000 yezigidi zeedola ($ 10,000,000,000,000,000,000), okanye malunga namawaka ayi-10 000 kuqoqosho lwehlabathi ngo-2019.
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Sebenzisa idatha yesibuko se-ultraviolet eqokelelwe yiSpace Telescope Imaging Spectrograph kwiHubble Space Telescope ngexesha lokujonga kabini ngo-2017, abaphandi bafumanisa ukuba umphezulu wePsyche unokuba yintsimbi emsulwa kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo, bayayiqonda into yokuba ubukho bentsimbi eyilwe nge-10 yeepesenti bunokulawula ukubonwa kwe-ultraviolet.
Ingqondo kujolise kuyo I-NASA Discovery Mission Psyche, kulindeleke ukuba iphehlelele ngo-2022 phezulu kwi-rocket ye-SpaceX Falcon. Iinkcukacha ezithe vetshe malunga ne-asteroid, kubandakanya umxholo wayo ngqo wesinyithi, ngethemba lokuba ziya kutyhilwa xa kufika inkqubo yophando ejikelezayo ekuqaleni kowama-2026.
I-Psyche kuphela kwento eyaziwayo eluhlobo lwayo kwiNkqubo yeLanga, kwaye le kuphela kwendlela abantu abaya kutyelela ngayo isiseko. Sifunda ngendawo yangaphakathi ngokundwendwela indawo engaphandle, uLindy Elkins-Tanton, usosayensi okhokelayo kwimishini ye-NASA kunye nomlawuli weSikolo soMhlaba kunye nokuHlolwa kweZiko lase-Arizona State, utshilo ingxelo ebhengeza ukuthunywa ngoJanuwari 2017.
I-asteroid ikholelwa ekubeni sisiseko sokufa esishiywe yiplanethi engaphumelelanga ngexesha lokuyilwa kwayo kwasekuqaleni kobomi beSolar System okanye sisiphumo seengozi ezininzi zobundlobongela kwithuba langaphambili elidlulileyo.
Ngokufutshane nje ngokuba yiNkwenkwezi yokuFa… enye into enokwenzeka kukuba zizinto ezakhiwe kufutshane neLanga kwangethuba kwiNkqubo yeLanga, uElkins-Tanton uxelele iForbes udliwanondlebe ngoMeyi, udliwanondlebe ngo-2017. Ndiyabona ukuba siza kuya kubona into engenakwenzeka kwaye iyingqayizivele, okanye into emangalisa ngokupheleleyo.
