Detecting water exists on a metal metal asteroid 16

Not only does Psyche contain 16 metal, it also noticeably signs of water existing on the surface of this asteroid.

16 Psyche is an asteroid containing many metals.

16 Psyche has historically been known as a metal-rich asteroid on the surface discovered by the spacecraft Psyche. It is estimated that this asteroid has a diameter of about 300km, on the surface contains a lot of nickel-iron compounds.

Recently, Vishnu Reddy, an assistant professor at Arizona's Moon and Planet Laboratory, said that not only the metal but also the surface of 16 Psyche contains water, or hydroxyl compound (a hydrogen atom connected. bind with an oxygen atom).

Not only metal, scientists also discovered water on the surface of 16 Psyche.

This is an interesting finding because earlier, studies of 16 Psyche states that the metal on this object's surface is formed and exists in a dry form, without the appearance of water.

In addition, it does not exclude the possibility that water exists on this metal planetary planet could come from evaporation of substances such as carbon, hydrogen and oxygen on nearby planetary planets that spread and converge on the planet's surface. This creates water.

This study has just been published at the European Astronomical Association.