Searching for Asteroids digital wallpaper (Patreon)

This month's digital wallpapers come to you from our lesson, "Why is NASA sending a spacecraft to a metal world?" by Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, animation by Eoin Duffy.

In 2026, an unmanned NASA spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at 16 Psyche, a massive, metallic asteroid floating somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Why is NASA so interested in this heavy metal asteroid? Are we going to mine all that metal, or build a giant space magnet? Ponder these questions and more as you gaze upon your colorful (neatly organized?) desktop. 

Enjoy!

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