To: garbageseeker; SunkenCiv
"It boggles the mind that there is a hunk of ice that big out there. In a manner of speaking, there could well be an even larger "hunk of ice" out there.
Diamond Star
18 posted on
08/26/2006 5:50:30 PM PDT by
NicknamedBob
(That is the trouble with essences. They are essentially troublesome.)
To: NicknamedBob
It's the compressed heart of an old star that was once bright like our Sun but has since faded and shrunk.
It would be impossible to mine though.You would have to contend with the massive gravitational forces to begin with.
21 posted on
08/26/2006 6:37:10 PM PDT by
garbageseeker
(Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men.- General George Patton)
To: NicknamedBob
A surface temperature of a white dwarf is 3900 K
22 posted on
08/26/2006 6:41:25 PM PDT by
garbageseeker
(Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men.- General George Patton)
To: NicknamedBob
Which converts to 6500 degrees Fahrenheit. I will have to wait a 10 million years when it converts to a black dwarf.
23 posted on
08/26/2006 6:44:10 PM PDT by
garbageseeker
(Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men.- General George Patton)
To: NicknamedBob
Going by the "two months salary" rule, we're talking about someone a lot richer than anyone ever born, or a planet with realllly long months.
26 posted on
08/27/2006 6:18:42 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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