Michael K. Shepard, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences, is the coauthor of a new paper titled “The Surface of (16) Psyche from Thermal Emission and Polarization Mapping [bloomu.us5.list-manage.com]” published in The Planetary Science Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of the American Astronomical Society. The paper is a companion to his previously published paper “Asteroid 16 Psyche: Shape, Features, and Global Map [bloomu.us5.list-manage.com]” in the same journal (July). Psyche is of great interest to planetary scientists as a possible metallic asteroid and is the target of the upcoming NASA Psyche mission, to be launched next summer. Shepard’s shape model is being used by mission planners as they prepare to orbit this asteroid. The recent paper has been featured in the popular press: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/psyche-is-the-most-metal-asteroid-it-may-have-volcanoes-that-spewed-molten-iron [bloomu.us5.list-manage.com]
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