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16 Psyche
16 Psyche
Main-belt asteroid (16) Psyche. NASA mission to a metal-rich world.
An iron meteorite found on Earth, shown because Psyche is thought to be metal-rich. Not a photo of Psyche.
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A metal-rich world NASA is flying toward. Density printed 4.20. Day about 4.2 hours. The site is psyche.grok.me. Himeros is a crater on a different rock.
Four named
Hearth. Soul. Love. Longing.
Vesta is the hearth. Psyche is the soul. Eros is love. Himeros is longing. Four names from one old story, hung on four different rocks and one crater. The 42s are not the same kind. A spin pole is not a density. A cipher is not a catalogue number. The looking holds them without pretending they are one law.
- 42.23°Vesta
Hearth
The sacred fire. Spin pole. Moment 0.4208. Another world.
4.2016 Psychehere
Soul
Metal world NASA is flying toward. Not the crater on Eros.
- 433433 Eros
Love
The love asteroid. Catalogue seat, not a 42. The 42s are rooms.
- 42Himeros
Longing
Attendant of Eros. English letters. A bowl on the love rock.
What it supports
IAU asteroid (16) Psyche. JPL SBDB. NASA Psyche mission. Ferrais 2020 prints 4.20 ± 0.60 g cm⁻³. The present day is about 4.2 hours. ESO Meet the 42 includes this rock. Those 4.2s have their own cards. This card is the world they belong to.
What it does not
Not 42. Sixteen is the catalogue seat. Not Himeros. Not Psyche crater on 433 Eros. Soul as myth is the crater. Metal as mission is this asteroid.
ExactnessDesignation
Form4.2
Unitcatalogue
Strengthhard
Hung15 September 2026