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Another pulsar planet system discovered, this one with a diamondthe mass of Jupiter!



 
 
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Old August 26th 11, 04:13 AM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default Another pulsar planet system discovered, this one with a diamondthe mass of Jupiter!

The system used to be a binary star system. The neutron star stripped
away the gas from its companion, and left a behind a planet the mass of
Jupiter, composed of crystallized carbon, i.e. diamond!

Yousuf Khan

Pulsar strips a white dwarf, leaves a Jupiter-sized diamond
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/...of-diamond.ars

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Old August 26th 11, 06:38 AM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics
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Default Another pulsar planet system discovered, this one with a diamondthe mass of Jupiter!

On 8/25/2011 10:13 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
The system used to be a binary star system. The neutron star stripped
away the gas from its companion, and left a behind a planet the mass of
Jupiter, composed of crystallized carbon, i.e. diamond!

Yousuf Khan

Pulsar strips a white dwarf, leaves a Jupiter-sized diamond
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/...of-diamond.ars


I bet Kim Kardashian is ****ed she didn't get *that* for her engagement
ring. :-)
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Old August 26th 11, 04:01 PM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics
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Default Another pulsar planet system discovered, this one with a diamondthe mass of Jupiter!

Dear Yousuf Khan:

On Aug 25, 8:13*pm, Yousuf Khan wrote:
The system used to be a binary star system. The neutron
star stripped away the gas from its companion, and left a
behind a planet the mass of Jupiter, composed of
crystallized carbon, i.e. diamond!

Pulsar strips a white dwarf, leaves a Jupiter-sized diamond

snip link now broken by Google.Groups

De Beers will start their own space program...

David A. Smith
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Old August 26th 11, 04:03 PM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics
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Default Another pulsar planet system discovered, this one with a diamondthe mass of Jupiter!

On Aug 25, 11:13*pm, Yousuf Khan wrote:
The system used to be a binary star system. The neutron star stripped
away the gas from its companion, and left a behind a planet the mass of
Jupiter, composed of crystallized carbon, i.e. diamond!

* * * * Yousuf Khan

Pulsar strips a white dwarf, leaves a Jupiter-sized diamondhttp://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/neutron-star-has-turned-i...


Yousuf: Diamonds have value largely because of their rarity. But
that "rarity" is often controlled by De Beers. Meteor impacts deliver
enough compression so that the carbon inside is turned into small
diamonds. Diamonds are everywhere, for those willing to look. —
NoEinstein —
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Old August 26th 11, 04:55 PM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics
Brad Guth[_3_]
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Default Another pulsar planet system discovered, this one with a diamondthe mass of Jupiter!

On Aug 25, 8:13*pm, Yousuf Khan wrote:
The system used to be a binary star system. The neutron star stripped
away the gas from its companion, and left a behind a planet the mass of
Jupiter, composed of crystallized carbon, i.e. diamond!

* * * * Yousuf Khan

Pulsar strips a white dwarf, leaves a Jupiter-sized diamondhttp://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/neutron-star-has-turned-i...


3.51 g/cm3 is not very dense.

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Old August 26th 11, 06:33 PM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics
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Default Another pulsar planet system discovered, this one with a diamondthe mass of Jupiter!

Dear Brad Guth:

On Aug 26, 8:55*am, Brad Guth wrote:
On Aug 25, 8:13*pm, Yousuf Khan wrote:

The system used to be a binary star system. The neutron
star stripped away the gas from its companion, and left a
behind a planet the mass of Jupiter, composed of
crystallized carbon, i.e. diamond!


Pulsar strips a white dwarf, leaves a Jupiter-sized diamond

snip link now broken by Google.Groups

3.51 g/cm3 is not very dense.


Vesta is a tad denser than this. Maybe it is a diamond too. I think
we should in-Vesta-gate.

David A. Smith
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Old August 26th 11, 08:33 PM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics
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Default Another pulsar planet system discovered, this one with a diamondthe mass of Jupiter!

On Aug 26, 10:33*am, dlzc wrote:
Dear Brad Guth:

On Aug 26, 8:55*am, Brad Guth wrote: On Aug 25, 8:13*pm, Yousuf Khan wrote:

The system used to be a binary star system. The neutron
star stripped away the gas from its companion, and left a
behind a planet the mass of Jupiter, composed of
crystallized carbon, i.e. diamond!


Pulsar strips a white dwarf, leaves a Jupiter-sized diamond


snip link now broken by Google.Groups

3.51 g/cm3 is not very dense.


Vesta is a tad denser than this. *Maybe it is a diamond too. *I think
we should in-Vesta-gate.

David A. Smith


Exactly. At least William Mook has plans of doing exactly that, of
capturing asteroids in LEO and mining them.

In space, such as between Earth and our moon (aka Selene L1 that
offers at least a thousand fold better vacuum than the moon) offers an
ideal diamond growing environment, as well as unlimited renewable
energy to create as large and massive diamond as you'd like. Gravity
is actually a detriment because gravity attracts molecular mass other
than carbon.

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