The metals that Psyche is thought to contain would be worth over $100,000 quadrillion if they were found on Earth ' that's more than the worth of the entire world economy, the Psyche mission's lead scientist, Lindy Elkins-Tanton, told Space.com. Perhaps it's the remainder of another type of body that came from somewhere else in the solar system. Intense collisions might have caused it to shed its outer layers while our solar system was forming. Scientists have hints about how 16 Pysche looks thanks to a computer-generated 3D model. It seems to have two craters, but they won't know for sure until the asteroid's gravitational pull captures the spacecraft. That's expected to happen in July 2029.
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