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Astronomers Reveal Planet Is Made Of Diamond
Sky News ^
| 3:51pm UK, Thursday 11 October 2012
Posted on 10/11/2012 2:33:33 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A planet about 40 light years away and twice the size of Earth is made largely out of diamond, astronomers have said. The rocky planet, called 55 Cancri e, which is in the constellation of Cancer, is orbiting a sun-like star that is visible with the naked eye.
Discovered by a US-Franco research team, the planet's radius is twice that of Earth's and its mass eight times greater. Temperatures on its surface reach 3,900°F (1,648°C).
"The surface of this planet is likely covered in graphite and diamond rather than water and granite," said Nikku Madhusudhan, the Yale researcher whose findings are due to be published in scientific journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: 55cancri; 55cancrie; xplanets
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:33:39 PM PDT
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai; KevinDavis; SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:34:28 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Olog-hai
De Beers ain’t gonna like this.
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:35:23 PM PDT
by
rsobin
To: Olog-hai
Kobe Bryant is wondering how many times he can cheat with that rock at his disposal.
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:37:02 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Olog-hai
“How do I love thee, let me count the ways...”
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:37:31 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:37:42 PM PDT
by
Fido969
To: Olog-hai
And it’s inhabited by those green women from Star Trek!
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:42:39 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Olog-hai
Well, where do you expect the Gabor’s go for Heaven?
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:45:45 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Olog-hai
It seems odd that a planet would be made mostly of carbon. I’d assume that solid planets would be made up of the usual dispersion of supernova debris, lots of stuff from Z=8 to Z=30.
Unless there is a spectroscopic signature strongly pointing to diamond, graphite, or carbon buckyballs, I’ll chalk this one up to wild speculation and a “journalist” to report it.
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:46:50 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: Olog-hai
Anyone interested in investing in a private, for profit operation to mine diamonds please FRmail me. Please include, name, address, social security number, and primary bank account number. I will organize the entire mission.
To: Olog-hai
Wonder what carbon credits go for there.
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:47:57 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: rsobin
De Beers aint gonna like this.
If they can't get their hands on it first, they'll just start referring to it as a conflict planet and no one will want to touch it.
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:48:35 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(With (R)epublicans like these, who needs (D)emocrats?)
To: Olog-hai
"You betta bring NASA back in your next term, fool!"
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:50:26 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm not voting for Obama, so therefore I must be helping Romney!)
To: Olog-hai
Key word = LIKELY
BAD SCIENCE
To: COBOL2Java
Hey! What does “Aunt Esther” have to do with all this? ;o)
P.S. If there ever was a “poster face” for the saying, “A face that could make a freight train take a dirt road,” that’s the face!
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10/11/2012 2:58:30 PM PDT
by
Tucker39
To: Olog-hai; blueunicorn6
Well, it looks like they found the planet Midnight from Doctor Who. (And, no, it's not inhabited by the green women from Star Trek. You really, really don't want to meet the inhabitant(s?). Though, with proper shielding, it makes a lovely resort planet.)
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posted on
10/11/2012 2:59:30 PM PDT
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
To: BereanBrain
Probably good science and bad reporting. I expect that the researchers did a specto analysis that showed a lot of carbon, then based on the conditions concluded that a lot of the carbon could be in the form of diamonds. The reporter would conclude that possible=likely.
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10/11/2012 3:00:39 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
To: blueunicorn6
We better hurry! Harcourt Fenton Mudd is already on his way there.
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10/11/2012 3:21:50 PM PDT
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TigersEye
(dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
To: Olog-hai
To bad Neil Armstrong can't put down the first Carbon Footprint.
To: TigersEye
You cannot have the diamond. They belong to our people.
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10/11/2012 3:53:42 PM PDT
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Morris70
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