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Because USA Today is driving me insane with its "relatable" dollar figure without talking about size or composition... "16 Psyche is one of the ten most-massiv
by scarmig 10y ago
Because USA Today is driving me insane with its "relatable" dollar figure without talking about size or composition...
"16 Psyche is one of the ten most-massive asteroids in the asteroid belt. It is over 200 kilometers in diameter and contains a little less than 1% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. It is thought to be the exposed iron core of a protoplanet...
Radar observations indicate that Psyche has a fairly pure iron–nickel composition."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche
- IndianAstronaut 10y agoThe purity of it seems like it would allow for easier manufacturing in space. Thus you can build components, especially the larger bigs, without having to expensively send them up from the earth's surface.