Its value is estimated at $26.9 billion. The diamond-covered planet “Cancri E-55”.
The Slash Gear website, which specializes in technology and science, published a report by writer Ray Fernandez, in which he talked about the enormous space resources that scientists are discovering day after day, and the role of the harsh conditions in space in creating these amazing wealth, the most important of which is diamond.
Space and our planet
At the beginning of his report, the writer says: The universe is a strange place in which strange and unexpected things happen, but when we probe its depths to reach its basics, we find that its basic laws are the same as the laws of the planet Earth. The most abundant cosmic elements are hydrogen, helium, oxygen, and carbon.
When the right conditions are present, these basic ingredients are transformed into amazing and precious ingredients.
Diamonds, for example, are formed on Earth when carbon in the depths of the Earth is subjected to high pressure for a long period of time, according to NASA.
Diamonds are scarce on planet Earth; Because favorable conditions for its formation are rare. But in the harsh environment of space, extreme temperatures and high pressures are common.
And science is quickly revealing that our solar system, and the entire universe, is very rich. The value of a single asteroid can reach billions of dollars or more.
And helium has a huge potential energy, according to the European Space Agency. The spread of water throughout the universe can lead to the expansion of human civilization beyond the limits of our planet.
The writer points out that the discoveries of scientific space resources were the impetus for mining operations in space. The space policy introduced under President Barack Obama resulted in Public Law 114-90 of November 25 called the US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, or Space Act.
This law officially opened the door for the private sector to begin mining space resources with the full support of the federal government. And in this search for space resources, nothing is better than planets made of diamonds.
Diamond Planet.. 55-Cancri e
The writer continues: Scientists from Yale University published a study in 2012 announcing the discovery of a diamond-rich planet. At the time, scientists explained that this planet, called Cancri 55e, "could be covered with diamonds instead of water and granite."
This exoplanet is twice the size of Earth, but eight times its mass. It blocks this large Earth, which is 40 light-years away from our Earth, and the planet revolves around itself once every 18 hours, and it takes less than one Earth day to complete a revolution around its star.
The planet is about the mass of Neptune (0.03 the mass of Jupiter, or 8.3 the mass of Earth), and it orbits its star once every 17 hours and 41 minutes. It is 60 times closer to its star than the Earth is to the Sun
The distance between this planet and its sun is 25 times closer than the distance between Mercury and our sun. Temperatures reach 9,200 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
The estimated value of 55e Cancri is about $26.9 nil, or 26.9 followed by 30 zeros.
After several studies, scientists confirmed that the planet 55 Cancri-e is mostly composed of iron, carbon (in the form of graphite and diamond) and some silicon, and there are those who believe that the planet is likely to consist of 20% of water in a supercritical fluid.
Most scientists believe that the surface of the planet is made of diamonds and granite, not water and granite. Some studies say that the entire interior of the planet is made of diamonds, and its value is estimated at about 26.9 nun
And in the sense of a scientific report issued in 2020 and published by the American Astronomical Society, the story behind the diamond planets was discovered. Researchers led by scientists from Arizona State University in the United States explained that diamond planets are associated with specific types of stars that are characterized by a high carbon-to-oxygen ratio, where carbides dominate over silicate.
Scientists simulated the extreme pressure and temperature conditions in those planets, and studied the behavior of silicon carbide in these environments.
They discovered that when the pressure rises to more than 50 gigapascals and the temperature reaches more than 2,500 degrees Kelvin, silicon carbide turns into silica and diamond.
Other planets and moons that have been identified as possible diamond hotspots include Pluto's largest moon, Charon, and a carbon-rich Jupiter-style exoplanet found 1200 light-years from Earth called WASP-12b. And when we get closer to our planet, scientists believe that diamonds rain down on Saturn and Jupiter regularly.
Source: Wikipedia + “Slashgear”
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