At a distance of 40
light years from Earth is a planet that orbits a star and is about a third of
their diamonds. These termination astronomers from the U.S. and France, the
main provisions of which have been published in the latest issue of the
specialized publication "Astrophysical Journal", published in Chicago
by the American Astronomical Society, reports UNN.
Nikki Madhudsudan of
Yale University in the U.S. and Olivier Mussis from the Research Institute of
Astrophysics and Planetary Science in Toulouse, France, believe that the
amazing planet in the constellation of Cancer, there are all the conditions
necessary for the formation of minerals, which are allotropic forms of carbon.
"55 Cancri e"
diameter is twice the size of our planet and its mass exceeds eight times.
Surface temperature reaches 2148 degrees Celsius. Celestial body that orbits
its star, visible to the naked eye from Earth, so fast that one year on it
lasts about 18 Earth hours.
"The surface of
the planet is covered by certain graphite and diamonds rather than water,
granite," - said Madhudsudan. He and his colleague from France are
convinced that about one-third the mass of "55 Cancri e" has the
diamonds. This is equivalent to about three Earth masses.
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