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January 5, 2016

Contact: Tricia Ennis [email protected] 877-427-5664 x 3

Visit , the Metal World, LIVE on Slooh NASA Scientist Joins Slooh Astronomers for Live Look at Planet Core

On Friday, January 6th, at 6:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM EST | 02:00UTC (International Times: http://bit.ly/2j8OnVB), Slooh will host a special live show, peering into the belt to discover the ancient of 16 Psyche. The livestream will be anchored by live views of Psyche from Slooh’s telescopes at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands.

During the broadcast, Slooh Host, Gerard Monteux, will be joined by one of the lead scientists on the Psyche project, Dr. David J. Lawrence of Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Lawrence will discuss what inspired the mission to this metal world, share what he hopes to learn from the trip, and give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the plans for the once in a lifetime mission.

Then, Slooh Astronomer, Eric Edelman, will be on hand to talk about why we study small bodies in the , what the Asteroid Belt even is, and why it’s important to understand objects like 16 Psyche and what sets this object apart from its asteroid neighbors.

16 Psyche is one of the ten most-massive in the asteroid belt at over 200 kilometers in diameter and contains a little less than 1% of the of the entire asteroid belt. It is thought to be the exposed core of a , and is the most massive metallic M-type asteroid. Said Principle Investigator, Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton of the object, “16 Psyche is the only known object of its kind in the , and this is the only way humans will ever visit a core.”

On Wednesday, January 4th, NASA announced that Psyche, along with another asteroid mission named Lucy, would be the next missions out of its . The Discovery program has previously funded missions like MESSENGER, which studied , and Dawn, which offered scientists the first close up images of the dwarf planet .

Viewers can join the show by tweeting their questions to @Slooh, or joining in the live chat on Facebook..

Event Details

Event Timing: Live Stream starts: 6:00 PM PST ¦ 9:00 PM EST ¦ 02:00UTC Live Stream ends: 6:30 PM PST ¦ 9:30 PM EST ¦ 02:30UTC International Timing: http://bit.ly/2j8OnVB

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