NASA plans to send a mission to an asteroid estimated to… – AlKhaleej Today

NASA is planning a mission to a massive metallic asteroid valued at 7,700 quadrillion pounds (10,000 quadrillion dollars). The diameter of the asteroid, named 16 Psyche, About 140 miles, and its one of the most massive objects in the main asteroid belt that orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
Dr Tracy Baker, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, said: We have seen meteorites, most of them metal, but 16 Psyche It could be unique in that it might be an asteroid made entirely of…

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