NASAs JSL next mission is to an interesting and perhaps unique Asteroid. Due to launch on October 12. The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

Launch now scheduled for the 13th October

• Psyche Mission

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If you are interested in Earth Sciences and have joined or are looking to join Mastodon. You may find list of people who have joined and have an interest in one of the many Earth Science fields.

• Earth Science on Mastodon

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Just been watching a really interesting talk by Dr Tim Gregory – Meteorites from 8th October 2020 – YouTube.

This was really interesting and accessible people with both a science and non science background,

Briefly touched on how the solar system was formed, protoplanetary disks looked at the two different types of asteroids, how they are formed, what makes them up internally, and finished off with a quick look at some of the organic molecules that have been found and how these could have found their way to earth.

Well worth a look, the video can be found on Youtube.

Thank you to the OU Science Club for pointing me to this talk.

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