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That number makes no sense. How do you value a rock in space like that?
by huslage 4y ago
That number makes no sense. How do you value a rock in space like that?
- trompetenaccoun 4y ago1. It says it could be. It's not based on anything concrete, we don't even know what the core consists of, it's just a guess. 2. Based on the guess, the reporter probably took the suspected mass and multiplied it with the current price of the suspected metals. This is what the Business Insider "journalist" did, which she cites regarding another asteroid. 3. Yes, none of this makes any sense, especially the part where we assign a dollar value to something completely out of reach and which if we did somehow get to, would certainly affect the current price, by A LOT. But hey! 4. Don't be a conspiracy theorist. Believe all science reporting!
- scotty79 4y agoYou multiply rock composition by mass of the rock and then by current Earthly price of the materials the rock consist of. As you said, nonsense.