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16 Psyche is one of the ten most-massive asteroids in the asteroid belt. It is over 200 kilometers in diameter and contains a little less than 1% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. It is thought to be the exposed iron core of a protoplanet.<ref name='mission'></ref> It is the most massive metallic M-type asteroid. Psyche was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on 17 March 1852 from Naples and named after the Greek mythological figure Psyche.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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16 Psyche is one of the ten most-massive asteroids in the asteroid belt. It is over 200 kilometers in diameter and contains a little less than 1% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. It is thought to be the exposed iron core of a protoplanet.<ref name='mission'></ref> It is the most massive metallic M-type asteroid. Psyche was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on 17 March 1852 from Naples and named after the Greek mythological figure Psyche.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=book
}}</ref>
16 Psyche sections
Intro Symbol Characteristics Exploration References External links
| PREVIOUS: Intro | NEXT: Symbol |
| << | >> |