An asteroid of gold may make all humans billionaires!

The asteroid is full of precious metals

The US space agency "NASA" is planning to visit a gold asteroid valued at 8,000 quadrillion pounds (a quadrillion = a million billion) that could make all the inhabitants of the Earth billionaires in the blink of an eye.

The planet is called Psyche, and it is full of precious metals. The US space agency plans to launch a mission to the asteroid next year, but that mission will be to explore the origins of the solar system.

The asteroid discovered in the 19th century is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and is said to be the size of Greece.

Scientists are interested in more than just its orbit.

According to the British newspaper "Express", the asteroid consists of solid minerals including gold, platinum, iron and nickel.

In total, it is estimated that the various minerals of the asteroid are worth £8000 quadrillion, which is enough to make every person on Earth today a billionaire.

The president of EuroSun Mining, Scott Moore, warned that the huge amount of gold in the asteroid could cause chaos in the gold industry.

"Gold tycoons now control hundreds of top real estate around the world, but the 4-5 million ounces of gold they bring to market each year pales in comparison to the conquests available in space," he was quoted as saying.

According to the newspaper, "NASA" will make the next trip to the asteroid for scientific purposes and does not plan to conduct any mining, adding that over the course of 21 months in orbit, the spacecraft that will land on the asteroid will work on mapping and studying its properties.

The asteroid orbits the sun in the asteroid belt, and its diameter makes it the largest of the M-type asteroids. Objects of this type are thought to be rich in minerals and could be fragments of protoplanets that suffered a process of disintegration when the solar system formed.

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