Post by: Sirgod on February 22, 2004, 05:47:08 pm
It Weighs 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Carats
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LOS ANGELES (Feb. 13) - If anyone's ever promised you the sun, the moon and the stars, tell 'em you'll settle for BPM 37093. The heart of that burned-out star with the no-nonsense name is a sparkling diamond that weighs a staggering 10 billion trillion trillion carats. That's one followed by 34 zeros.
The hunk of celestial bling is an estimated 2,500 miles across, said Travis Metcalfe, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
''You would need a jeweler's loupe the size of the sun to grade this diamond,'' said Metcalfe, who led the team that discovered the gem.
The diamond is a massive chunk of crystallized carbon that lies about 300 trillion miles from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus.
The galaxy's largest diamond is formally known as a white dwarf, or the hot core of a dead sun.
Astronomers have suspected for decades that white dwarfs crystallized, but only recently were able to verify the hypothesis.
A paper detailing the discovery has been submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters for publication.
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Like I said, That's a big Rock.
Stephen
Post by: Towelie on February 22, 2004, 06:20:48 pm
Post by: Blyre on February 23, 2004, 04:45:43 am
Post by: LongTooth on February 23, 2004, 05:45:38 am
Post by: ActiveX on February 23, 2004, 08:44:52 am
Quote:
Bugger going to mars get a ship out there we will all be rich
Actually not quite...heh...
I read not to long ago that if Jupiter's core was proven to be a diamond that the market value of diamonds per carat would drop to less than a penny...
Its a supply and demand thing, if the supply is inexhaustable, the demand wont ever consume it...
Post by: Sirgod on February 22, 2004, 05:47:08 pm
It Weighs 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Carats
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040213203009990006
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 13) - If anyone's ever promised you the sun, the moon and the stars, tell 'em you'll settle for BPM 37093. The heart of that burned-out star with the no-nonsense name is a sparkling diamond that weighs a staggering 10 billion trillion trillion carats. That's one followed by 34 zeros.
The hunk of celestial bling is an estimated 2,500 miles across, said Travis Metcalfe, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
''You would need a jeweler's loupe the size of the sun to grade this diamond,'' said Metcalfe, who led the team that discovered the gem.
The diamond is a massive chunk of crystallized carbon that lies about 300 trillion miles from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus.
The galaxy's largest diamond is formally known as a white dwarf, or the hot core of a dead sun.
Astronomers have suspected for decades that white dwarfs crystallized, but only recently were able to verify the hypothesis.
A paper detailing the discovery has been submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters for publication.
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Like I said, That's a big Rock.
Stephen
Post by: Towelie on February 22, 2004, 06:20:48 pm
Post by: Blyre on February 23, 2004, 04:45:43 am
Post by: LongTooth on February 23, 2004, 05:45:38 am
Post by: ActiveX on February 23, 2004, 08:44:52 am
Quote:
Bugger going to mars get a ship out there we will all be rich
Actually not quite...heh...
I read not to long ago that if Jupiter's core was proven to be a diamond that the market value of diamonds per carat would drop to less than a penny...
Its a supply and demand thing, if the supply is inexhaustable, the demand wont ever consume it...
Post by: Sirgod on February 22, 2004, 05:47:08 pm
It Weighs 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Carats
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040213203009990006
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 13) - If anyone's ever promised you the sun, the moon and the stars, tell 'em you'll settle for BPM 37093. The heart of that burned-out star with the no-nonsense name is a sparkling diamond that weighs a staggering 10 billion trillion trillion carats. That's one followed by 34 zeros.
The hunk of celestial bling is an estimated 2,500 miles across, said Travis Metcalfe, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
''You would need a jeweler's loupe the size of the sun to grade this diamond,'' said Metcalfe, who led the team that discovered the gem.
The diamond is a massive chunk of crystallized carbon that lies about 300 trillion miles from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus.
The galaxy's largest diamond is formally known as a white dwarf, or the hot core of a dead sun.
Astronomers have suspected for decades that white dwarfs crystallized, but only recently were able to verify the hypothesis.
A paper detailing the discovery has been submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters for publication.
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Like I said, That's a big Rock.
Stephen
Post by: Towelie on February 22, 2004, 06:20:48 pm
Post by: Blyre on February 23, 2004, 04:45:43 am
Post by: LongTooth on February 23, 2004, 05:45:38 am
Post by: ActiveX on February 23, 2004, 08:44:52 am
Quote:
Bugger going to mars get a ship out there we will all be rich
Actually not quite...heh...
I read not to long ago that if Jupiter's core was proven to be a diamond that the market value of diamonds per carat would drop to less than a penny...
Its a supply and demand thing, if the supply is inexhaustable, the demand wont ever consume it...