Sending an Instrument to Psyche, the Largest Metal Asteroid in the Solar System
Multimedia
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OSTI ID:1371464
- USDOE
In a few years, an instrument designed and built by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers will be flying hundreds of millions of miles through space to explore a rare, largely metal asteroid. The Livermore gamma ray spectrometer will be built in collaboration with researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for the first-ever visit to Psyche, the largest metal asteroid in the solar system.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. (APL), Laurel, MD (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- OSTI ID:
- 1371464
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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