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Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Contain Elements Not Yet Seen On Earth

Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Contain Elements Not Yet Seen On Earth

Some asteroids are dense. So dense in fact, that they may contain heavy elements outside of the periodic table, according to a new study on mass density. The team of physicists from The University of Arizona say they were motivated by the possibility of Compact Ultradense Objects (CUDOs) with a mass density greater than Osmium, the densest naturally occurring, stable element, …

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