Psyche
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Psyche is a NASA Discovery Program mission designed to explore a unique metal-rich asteroid in the main asteroid belt to better understand the building blocks of planetary cores.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Psyche canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7210436 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psyche Context triple: [NASA Discovery Program, mission, Psyche]
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A.
Psyche
Psyche is a mortal woman from Greek and Roman mythology whose extraordinary beauty and trials in love with the god Cupid symbolize the soul’s journey and transformation.
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B.
Epipsychidion
Epipsychidion is a lyrical poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that explores idealized love, spiritual affinity, and the quest for a transcendent soulmate.
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C.
Danaë
Danaë is a princess in Greek mythology, mother of the hero Perseus, famously imprisoned by her father and visited by Zeus in the form of golden rain.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Hypnos
Hypnos is the Greek god and personification of sleep, often depicted as a gentle, winged deity who dwells in the underworld or a dark cave.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psyche Target entity description: Psyche is a NASA Discovery Program mission designed to explore a unique metal-rich asteroid in the main asteroid belt to better understand the building blocks of planetary cores.
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A.
Psyche
Psyche is a mortal woman from Greek and Roman mythology whose extraordinary beauty and trials in love with the god Cupid symbolize the soul’s journey and transformation.
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B.
Epipsychidion
Epipsychidion is a lyrical poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that explores idealized love, spiritual affinity, and the quest for a transcendent soulmate.
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C.
Danaë
Danaë is a princess in Greek mythology, mother of the hero Perseus, famously imprisoned by her father and visited by Zeus in the form of golden rain.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Hypnos
Hypnos is the Greek god and personification of sleep, often depicted as a gentle, winged deity who dwells in the underworld or a dark cave.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Discovery Program mission
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NASA space mission ⓘ |
| category |
NASA Discovery Program
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missions to minor planets ⓘ |
| explores |
density and internal structure of asteroid 16 Psyche
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magnetic properties of asteroid 16 Psyche ⓘ metal content of asteroid 16 Psyche ⓘ surface features of asteroid 16 Psyche ⓘ |
| includes | Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration ⓘ |
| instrument |
gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer
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magnetometer ⓘ multispectral imager ⓘ radio science experiment ⓘ |
| launchProvider | SpaceX ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon Heavy
ⓘ
linked to:
Falcon Heavy rocket
|
| leadInstitution | Arizona State University ⓘ |
| managingCenter | Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ |
| missionPhase |
cruise phase
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orbital science phase ⓘ |
| missionType |
asteroid exploration mission
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planetary science mission ⓘ |
| objective |
characterize geology of 16 Psyche
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constrain internal structure of 16 Psyche ⓘ determine composition of 16 Psyche ⓘ investigate differentiation of early planetesimals ⓘ measure gravity field of 16 Psyche ⓘ measure magnetic field of 16 Psyche ⓘ study metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche ⓘ understand building blocks of planetary cores ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar arrays ⓘ |
| principalInvestigator | Lindy Elkins-Tanton ⓘ |
| principalInvestigatorAffiliation | Arizona State University ⓘ |
| program | NASA Discovery Program ⓘ |
| propulsionSystem | Hall-effect thrusters ⓘ |
| propulsionType | solar electric propulsion ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
planetary differentiation
ⓘ
terrestrial planet core formation ⓘ |
| scienceMethod | orbital remote sensing ⓘ |
| scienceTheme |
differentiation of rocky bodies
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formation and evolution of planetary cores ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Maxar 1300-class bus ⓘ |
| spacecraftManufacturer | Maxar Technologies ⓘ |
| target | 16 Psyche ⓘ |
| targetLocation | main asteroid belt ⓘ |
| targetType | metal-rich asteroid ⓘ |
| uses | X-band communications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Psyche Description of subject: Psyche is a NASA Discovery Program mission designed to explore a unique metal-rich asteroid in the main asteroid belt to better understand the building blocks of planetary cores.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.