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Super-Earth Planet Likely Made of Diamond
Filed under: Scrapbook | Tags: | octubre 11th, 2012
55 Cancri e, an alien planet discovered in 2004 around a nearby star in our Milky Way galaxy, is composed mainly of carbon (in the form of diamond and graphite), iron, silicon carbide, and potentially silicates. At least a third of it’s mass is likely pure diamond.
