Astronomers find a planet made ​​of diamond

August 30, 2011 ·

Astronomers find a planet made ​​of diamond - An international team of astronomers, led by Australian Matthew Bailes, have discovered a planet made ​​entirely of diamond and is in our galaxy, the Milky Way.


The planet is relatively small with a diameter of 60,000 kilometers, but it is still 5 times larger than Earth and has more mass than the solar system gas giant, Jupiter. The data show that orbits its star at a distance of 600,000 kilometers, making your day with a duration of 2 hours. If the planet is diamond was found closer to the star would be destroyed by its gravity. According to Michael Keith, a team member, the planet is made mostly of carbon and oxygen. The density of the object is due to a crystalline structure, so much of the planet will have a composition similar to diamond. Astronomers believe the planet once was a star, but the stars that orbit, which is a pulsar, should tear the outer layers, thus removing 99.9% of its mass. No doubt a very interesting discovery.

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