This Ultradense Asteroid May Contain Elements We’ve Never Seen Before

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This Ultradense Asteroid May Contain Elements We’ve Never Seen Before

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a45522962/new-element-asteroid/

A new study suggests that atoms could be stable at atomic number 164, which could help explain recent measurements of the ultradense asteroid 33 Polyhymnia.

This Ultradense Asteroid May Contain Elements We’ve Never Seen Before

A new study suggests that atoms could be stable at atomic number 164, which could help explain recent measurements of the ultradense asteroid 33 Polyhymnia.

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Not necessarily, scientists think we will hit an island of stability and eventually have high atomic weight elements that have very slow decay rates.