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Psyche will journey through interplanetary space for six years to reach the same-name asteroid Psyche in 2029. Asteroid Psyche may be the exposed core of a planetesimal, a planetary building block used in the formation of planets and other worlds. Collisions with other objects may have stripped off Psyche’s outer layers long ago.

As a possible planetary core, Psyche consists of 30% to 60% metal by volume. Its surface may have craters with sharp rims and metal-rich spires towering into space.

https://www.planetary.org/articles/psyche-mission-successfully-launches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche