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Showing posts with label Diamond planet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diamond planet. Show all posts

Friday, November 2, 2012

"Diamond" planet is 40 light-years away in the constellation of Cancer


A group of American and French astronomers discovered a planet whose surface consists mainly of graphite and diamond.Which called 55 Cancri e, orbits the star, which is visible to the naked eye. It is located 40 light-years away in the constellation of Cancer.

The planet orbits the star so quickly that year it takes less than 18 hours.