After a decade and $1.2 billion, NASA reveals its booty from Bennu: 121 grams
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A long way, and a lot of money, for half a cup.
No one sneeze
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A long way, and a lot of money, for half a cup.
No one sneeze
I am curious about the results of the analysis... it would be a hit if new elements were discovered, but I am not so sure if they will be.
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I am curious about the results of the analysis... it would be a hit if new elements were discovered, but I am not so sure if they will be.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
I very much doubt that new elements will be discovered. New minerals (either new chemical compounds or new structural forms) are a definite possibility, and may teach us more about the early Solar System, or at least about how Bennu was formed.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I very much doubt that new elements will be discovered. New minerals (either new chemical compounds or new structural forms) are a definite possibility, and may teach us more about the early Solar System, or at least about how Bennu was formed.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
I very much doubt that new elements will be discovered.
Ok, I agree that minerals might be way more possible, but... why not a new element? I just checked... when I studied there were 107 (IIRC) in the periodic table, and now there are 118 elements... Wouldn't be possible to have a new one?
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
I very much doubt that new elements will be discovered.
Ok, I agree that minerals might be way more possible, but... why not a new element? I just checked... when I studied there were 107 (IIRC) in the periodic table, and now there are 118 elements... Wouldn't be possible to have a new one?
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
The new elements (108..118) were made in particle accelerators, and have extremely short lifetimes. So short that their chemical properties have not, for the most part, been determined. Any new elements would have an atomic number higher than 118, and are likely to be extremely unstable (lifetime on the order of milliseconds or less). A mass the size of the Earth made of such an element would decay completely in less than 24 hours. It is therefore extremely unlikely that we would find new elements in an asteroid.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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The new elements (108..118) were made in particle accelerators, and have extremely short lifetimes. So short that their chemical properties have not, for the most part, been determined. Any new elements would have an atomic number higher than 118, and are likely to be extremely unstable (lifetime on the order of milliseconds or less). A mass the size of the Earth made of such an element would decay completely in less than 24 hours. It is therefore extremely unlikely that we would find new elements in an asteroid.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Thanks for the explanation
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Thanks for the explanation
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.