美国有线新闻 CNN 小行星16 Psyche的估值10000万亿美元（在线收听）

What is 16 Psyche?

16 Psyche是什么？

Is it a grunge band, a game show, a Pavlovian theory, or an asteroid?

是垃圾摇滚乐队、游戏节目，巴甫洛夫理论，还是一颗小行星？

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.

它是一只鸟，一架飞机，是1852年发现的一颗以希腊神话人物命名的小行星。

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.

10000万亿美元。现在我已经引起了你们的注意，我们正在讨论一颗小行星可能的、估计的、假设的价值。但是你们可能想说，卡尔，这是块石头。

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.

没错。一块名为小行星16 Psyche的岩石大约有马萨诸塞州那么长。科学家一直在通过哈勃太空望远镜收集的图片对其进行研究，并在《行星科学》期刊上发表了新的发现。他们不能确定小行星16 Psyche由何物质组成，但他们认为其可能由铁和镍组成。

If it is, they say a piece of iron that big would be worth more than all the economies on earth combined.

他们表示，如果如此，那这样大一块铁的价值将超过地球上所有经济体的总和。

OK. So, let's go get it. Well, not so fast, Han Solo.

好，那我们去拿吧。别急。

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.

这颗小行星离太阳的距离是我们离太阳的三倍。美国国家航空航天局（简称NASA）希望在2022年向那里发射探测器。研究人员希望探测器能收集宇宙的一些秘密。