Psyche 16 is a large metallic asteroid that orbits between Mars and Jupiter. It is composed primarily of iron and nickel, unlike most other asteroids which contain silicate minerals. Due to its high metal content, Psyche 16 is estimated to have a value of $700 quintillion. NASA is planning a mission to explore Psyche 16 which could provide insights into the early formation of planets in the solar system, as Psyche 16 may be the exposed core of an early planet. The Psyche mission could launch in 2022 and arrive at the asteroid in 2026 to study it from orbit for 21 months.

1. Psyche 16 Asteroid Findings of
NASA

2. Astronomical Significance
 Psyche makes an orbit
across Sun and it has orbits
between two planets.They
are Jupiter and Mars within
the distance around 235
million to 309 million miles.
In terms of kilometers, it is
378 million to 497 million
kilometers away from Sun.
It is 2.5 to 3.3 Astronomical
Units and the scientists
regard 1 AU as a distance
between the Sun and
Earth.

3. Amazing Asteroid
 16 Psyche has been regarded as a huge
asteroid which is quite interesting because of
metallic composition. Actually, because of
the metal composition, there is a report
that it might have a value of around $700
quintillion.

4. Minor Planet
 Psyche has been found by the
astronomer from Italy named Annibale de
Gasparis on the 1852, 17th March from Naples.
Psyche is a mythological figure of Greece.
There is a prefix "16" indicating the sixteenth
minor planet on the chronological order of
their discovery.

5. Near Earth Asteroid
 The scientists predict the first trillionaires of
the world will rise.There is a prediction that
the wealth is going to be found from the
mining of asteroid.The space industry is
rising where the minerals along with the
volatile compounds are going to be harvested
from the Near-Earth Asteroids. It is an
industry which is going to fill market having a
number of valuable metals e.g, platinum,
silver and gold.

6. NASA Psyche Mission
 Other than Earth, we have found the
prospect in the long term in Main Asteroid
Belt. It is going to offer a lot of prosperity.The
Psyche mission of NASA will explore metal
asteroid on similar name in Main Belt. It has
excited a large number of people across the
world! There is an exploration of body which
might inform us about history of Solar
System.A day will come when it will give us
prosperity which we cannot even think of!

7. Composition of Psyche 16
 The Psyche 16 is quite interesting because of
its purity along with the metallic
composition. As per the observations of
radar, asteroid is going to be composed of
nickel and iron. It has been separated from
majority of the asteroids. It includes the
silicate minerals of S-type or there are
carbonaceous compounds or C-type.

8. Biggest Metallic Asteroid
 The metallic asteroids or M-type have been
found. Psyche has been the biggest and it
measures around 225 km or 140 mi in the
diameter.The community of astronomers
have concluded Psyche is actually the
remaining part of some planet.The planet
formation has been revealed in the initial
stage of the Solar System along with
magnetic properties in the rocky worlds and
an example is Earth.

9. Value 700000000000000000000
 For this reason, NASA has a hope for sending
the mission in the year 2022. It is going to
come by 2026 and there will be 21 months of
research from the level of orbit. According to
venture capitalists, the asteroid has been
awesome! It has around $700 quintillion and
quintillion means 18 zeroes! Can you
imagine?There are a lot of heavy metals and
it consists of lot of platinum and gold.

10. Asteroid Mining
 The asteroid mining will be the basis of
industrial development. It is not going to start
in Main Asteroid Belt.They will enter the
inner Solar System upto Kuiper Belt and they
will harvest everything. It includes volatiles
and metals.They will harvest helium-3 along
with rare Earth elements.

11. Magnetic Field
 The promise of Psyche mission shares an
amazing lesson!There are rocky planets present
in the Solar System. We need to follow the
magnetic properties and it is going to show the
nature of Earth and the protective nature of the
magnetic field.There areVenus, Mercury, and
Mars which do not have that magnetic field. In
case of Mars, there has been surface changing
from the environment, which is wet and warm
and nowadays, it is cold and not inhabitable.

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