Year on Psyche Simulation – Understand Psyche: Psyche Comparison Simulator

INSTITUTION

Arizona State University (ASU)

CLASS

Iridium Class (2024 – 2025)

STUDENT TEAM

Camelia Ariana Binti Ahmad Nasri, Computer Science

Tiago Behar, Computer Science

Adem Cufurovic, Computer Science

Nigel Rajaratnam, Computer Science

Suhaas Godavarthy, Computer Science

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Helen Chavez
Steven Osburn

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Understand Psyche: Psyche Comparison Simulator is a web game developed in Unity that showcases comparisons of everyday objects on Earth to characteristics of the Psyche asteroid such as its size, rotation, orbit speed, and time.

Psyche and Earth's orbit speed comparison in space, with labeled paths and celestial bodies against a starry background Main menu with options: Simulation, Quiz, Comparisons, Credits. Image of an asteroid against a starry background Asteroid Psyche and fighter jet in space, with a purple line illustrating speed comparison Burj Khalifa and asteroid Psyche shown in space, with note on non-scale models. Quiz on Psyche's height comparison

Visit the Experience

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Arizona State University Capstone Course “CSE 485/486”. The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu). “Psyche: A Journey to a Metal World” [Contract number NNM16AA09C] is part of the NASA Discovery Program mission to solar system targets. Trade names and trademarks of ASU and NASA are used in this work for identification only. Their usage does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, by Arizona State University or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of ASU or NASA.