It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Science, Technology, & Medicine => Topic started by: IronDioPriest on August 25, 2011, 02:21:19 PM
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I must say, I never contemplated such a thing. But when ya think about it, why the heck not? I'd bet there's gold planets too!
Surprise! Alien Planet Made of Diamond Discovered (http://news.yahoo.com/surprise-alien-planet-made-diamond-discovered-181402842.html)
A newly discovered alien planet that formed from a dead star is a real diamond in the rough.
The super-high pressure of the planet, which orbits a rapidly pulsing neutron star, has likely caused the carbon within it to crystallize into an actual diamond, a new study suggests.
The composition of the planet, which is about five times the size of Earth, is not its only outstanding feature...
Much more at the link...
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I must say, I never contemplated such a thing. But when ya think about it, why the heck not? I'd bet there's gold planets too!
Surprise! Alien Planet Made of Diamond Discovered (http://news.yahoo.com/surprise-alien-planet-made-diamond-discovered-181402842.html)
A newly discovered alien planet that formed from a dead star is a real diamond in the rough.
The super-high pressure of the planet, which orbits a rapidly pulsing neutron star, has likely caused the carbon within it to crystallize into an actual diamond, a new study suggests.
The composition of the planet, which is about five times the size of Earth, is not its only outstanding feature...
Much more at the link...
I bet we are the only in debt planet.
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I bet we are the only in debt planet.
::hysterical::
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Good day ::pokeineye::, I'm from Diamond Planet debt collections department come here to inform you your planet is in ultimate default and is designated for immediate remediation. Have a nice day this is your last one :) .
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If you lived on the Diamond Planet... Diamonds would be the most common inert substance, like dirt or rock. Valueless. An entire planet of diamond, its only value existing in the minds of creatures light years away. Fully wrapping my mind around it is somewhat eluding me.
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All I know is, if Liz Taylor were alive, she'd want it in a nice setting.
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If you lived on the Diamond Planet... Diamonds would be the most common inert substance, like dirt or rock. Valueless. An entire planet of diamond, its only value existing in the minds of creatures light years away. Fully wrapping my mind around it is somewhat eluding me.
How far is this planet? How long would it take for a message to arrive?
www.diamondfordirt.com (http://www.diamondfordirt.com)
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If you lived on the Diamond Planet... Diamonds would be the most common inert substance, like dirt or rock. Valueless. An entire planet of diamond, its only value existing in the minds of creatures light years away. Fully wrapping my mind around it is somewhat eluding me.
It's the ALF system. On his planet, styrofoam was a rare and highly valuable item. Gold was everywhere, all their plumbing was made of gold pipes.
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If you lived on the Diamond Planet... Diamonds would be the most common inert substance, like dirt or rock. Valueless. An entire planet of diamond, its only value existing in the minds of creatures light years away. Fully wrapping my mind around it is somewhat eluding me.
Neutron stars are even more mind bending... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star)
A typical neutron star has a mass between 1.35 and about 2.0 solar masses, with a corresponding radius of about 12 km...
A neutron star is so dense that one teaspoon (5 milliliters) of its material would have a mass over 5.5×1012 kg, about 900 times the mass of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Neutron stars rotate extremely rapidly after their creation due to the conservation of angular momentum; like spinning ice skaters pulling in their arms, the slow rotation of the original star's core speeds up as it shrinks. A newborn neutron star can rotate several times a second; sometimes, the neutron star absorbs orbiting matter from a companion star, increasing the rotation to several hundred times per second, reshaping the neutron star into an oblate spheroid.
Almost as fun as black holes.
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I remember the first time that I heard of neutron stars. It was when I was in school and came upon a copy of Larry Niven's short stories named, appropriately enough, "Neutron Star." (http://www.unexploredworlds.com/RealPulp/htm/rpulp88.htm) The title story was great even though the story didn't square very well with the actual math and science of neutron stars. I had never considered tidal forces in close proximity to an intense gravitational pull before. It was eye opening.
Actual short story (winner of the 1967 Hugo award for best short story) at the link. Enjoy.
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Let's name the diamond planet Lucy
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Let's name the diamond planet Lucy
::rimshot::
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I would bet even the gravity of this planet would make it impossible to exploit. They say how large it is, the story doesn't say what the mass of the planet is, and I'd bet it's waayyyy up there...at least as heavy as Jupiter, probably more. Which means gravity would be a Mochelle!
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I guess we need to broaden our sights now...
http://www.betterthanpants.com/earth-first-we-ll-strip-mine-the-other-planets-later-t-shirt.html (http://www.betterthanpants.com/earth-first-we-ll-strip-mine-the-other-planets-later-t-shirt.html)
::thumbsup::
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I believe NAFTA may apply.....Beam in a website.....Shipping may be expensive.....