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Asteroid Worth Billions To Be Explored This Year

Psyche 16: The cosmic billionaire factory?

 

Zooming through the cosmos is an asteroid believed to be bursting with precious metals, boasting a mind-boggling value of $10,000 quintillion or approximately 8,000 quintillion quid.

 

The allure of such vast wealth might seem incredible, promising to turn every person on Earth into a billionaire. However, before we delve into that dream, considerations about hyperinflation and the potential consequences of an overwhelmingly wealthy population would be necessary.

 

This celestial wonder goes by the name Psyche 16 and has been in our knowledge since 1852, long before any possibility of reaching it emerged. Psyche 16 gracefully orbits the sun, navigating the space between Mars and Jupiter, residing around 300 million miles away from our home planet.