Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

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Post by chegra » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 9:28 AM UTC

Astronomers discover planet made of diamond
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Re: Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

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Post by power » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 11:48 AM UTC

As Arthur C. Clarke more or less predicted. He called his Lucy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2061:_Odyssey_Three

EDIT: for accuracy, not predicted, wrote about

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Post by nkassis » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 12:15 PM UTC

All I can think of while reading this is, that must be where the crystaline entity comes from ;p

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Post by CLaX » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 12:38 PM UTC

The planet is now diamonds

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Post by jinushaun » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 1:03 PM UTC

power wrote: post #2

As Arthur C. Clarke more or less predicted. He called his Lucy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2061:_Odyssey_Three EDIT: for accuracy, not predicted, wrote about

Center of Jupiter is supposedly made of diamond, according to Clark.

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Post by NY_Entrepreneur » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 1:21 PM UTC

Yup, safe job: Predicting the centers of distant, dead stars.

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Post by iwwr » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 1:22 PM UTC

jinushaun wrote: post #5

power wrote: post #2

As Arthur C. Clarke more or less predicted. He called his Lucy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2061:_Odyssey_Three EDIT: for accuracy, not predicted, wrote about

Center of Jupiter is supposedly made of diamond, according to Clark.

Metallic hydrogen, presumably.

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Post by zavulon » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 1:30 PM UTC

This instantly reminded me of "Chase for the Golden Meteor", a Jules Verne novel where a meteor made entirely of gold is discovered and is supposed to crash on Earth. The effects on the world markets are especially interesting. Of course, in this case it's a moot point because we can't get there, but at some point we will have the technology to do so.

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Post by chopsueyar » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 2:22 PM UTC

nkassis wrote: post #3

All I can think of while reading this is, that must be where the crystaline entity comes from ;p

I thought it was to be involved in some sort of Ferengi heist of the entire planet.

Re: Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

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Post by smallhands » Fri, Aug 26, 2011, 2:39 PM UTC

pandora ?