Asteroid (16) Psyche: A Ferrovolcanic World?
Abstract
We overlay 30 radar albedo observations of 16 Psyche over an optical albedo map and find a correlation between optical and radar albedo. This is consistent with the hypothesis that Psyche is a differentiated body with regions of ferrovolcanism.
- Publication:
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52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021LPI....52.2201S