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What is 16 Psyche?
Is it a grunge band, a game show, a Pavlovian theory, or an asteroid?
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's an asteroid that was discovered in 1852 and named for a figure in Greek mythology.
Ten thousand quadrillion dollars. Now that I have your attention, we're talking about the possible, estimated, hypothetical value of an asteroid. But, Carl, you may be thinking, it's a rock.
You're right. A rock named Asteroid 16 Psyche is about the length of Massachusetts. Scientists have been studying it through pictures gathered by the Hubble space telescope, and they published new findings in the Planetary Science Journal. They don't know exactly what it's made of, but they think that Asteroid 16 Psyche could be iron and nickel.
If it is, they say a piece of iron that big would be worth more than all the economies on earth combined.
OK. So, let's go get it. Well, not so fast, Han Solo.
The asteroid is three times farther from the sun than we are. NASA hopes to send a probe there in 2022. Researchers hope it gathers some secrets of the universe.
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16 Psyche是什麼？
是垃圾搖滾樂隊、遊戲節目，巴甫洛夫理論，還是一顆小行星？
它是一隻鳥，一架飛機，是1852年發現的一顆以希臘神話人物命名的小行星。
10000萬億美元。現在我已經引起了你們的注意，我們正在討論一顆小行星可能的、估計的、假設的價值。但是你們可能想說，卡爾，這是塊石頭。
沒錯。一塊名為小行星16 Psyche的巖石大約有麻薩諸塞州那麼長。科學家一直在通過哈勃太空望遠鏡收集的圖片對其進行研究，並在《行星科學》期刊上發表了新的發現。他們不能確定小行星16 Psyche由何物質組成，但他們認為其可能由鐵和鎳組成。
他們表示，如果如此，那這樣大一塊鐵的價值將超過地球上所有經濟體的總和。
好，那我們去拿吧。別急。
這顆小行星離太陽的距離是我們離太陽的三倍。美國國家航空航天局（簡稱NASA）希望在2022年向那裡發射探測器。研究人員希望探測器能收集宇宙的一些秘密。
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重點講解：
1. be made of （由…）構成的；（由…）製成的；
The tiles are made of clay.
這些磚是用陶土製成的。
2. a piece of 塊，片，段，截；
I cut myself on a piece of broken glass.
我被一塊碎玻璃劃傷了。
3. more than 超過；超出；
They pay slightly more than the going rate.
他們支付的酬金略高於現行標準。
4. on earth 世界上，人世間；
Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.
氮對地球上的生命至關重要。