wakingdreams53
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Thought my dear Pricescopians would appreciate this:
" Deep in the Constellation of Centarus lies a star just 50 light years away from the earth that is so intriguing, that astronomers nicknamed it "Lucy". Lucy, also known as V886 Centuri and BPM 37093, is a white dwarf star. A white dwarf is the hot cinder left behind when a star uses up its nuclear fuel and dies. It is made mostly of carbon and oxygen and surrounded by a thin layer of hydrogen and helium gases.
In 1992 it was found that Lucy pulsates due to its core temperature dropping below 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit and in 1995 scientists decided to use Lucy for an experiment to see what she was made out of. This experiment was to use the pulsation of the star and see if the crystallization theory was true. The process that was used is called Asteroseismology or Stellar Seismology which uses their frequency spectra to determine what the composition of the star is. The same way that geologists study the interior of the Earth during earthquakes. Scientists had found that approximately 90% of Lucy's mass had crystallized and since Lucy interior core is mostly made of Carbon, it can only mean one thing.
LUCY BECAME THE BIGGEST DIAMOND FOUND! At 10 billion trillion trillion carats, not only is this diamond forever but it squashes the last diamond to hold the record, The Golden Jubilee at 546 carats. It is theorized that our Sun will one day go through the same phase. After it looses its outer shell and becomes a white dwarf, it too will crystallize and live out it's end of days in spectacular form, enjoying it's own Diamond Jubilee. - Julio E.
http://bit.ly/OgLYE1
http://bit.ly/Sj3PtA
Animated Video: http://bit.ly/NBBv3R
Picture and video courtesy of Christine Pulliam, Travis Metcalfe and Ruth Bazinet from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics."
(silly video... showing a cut diamond instead of a rough one...
)
" Deep in the Constellation of Centarus lies a star just 50 light years away from the earth that is so intriguing, that astronomers nicknamed it "Lucy". Lucy, also known as V886 Centuri and BPM 37093, is a white dwarf star. A white dwarf is the hot cinder left behind when a star uses up its nuclear fuel and dies. It is made mostly of carbon and oxygen and surrounded by a thin layer of hydrogen and helium gases.
In 1992 it was found that Lucy pulsates due to its core temperature dropping below 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit and in 1995 scientists decided to use Lucy for an experiment to see what she was made out of. This experiment was to use the pulsation of the star and see if the crystallization theory was true. The process that was used is called Asteroseismology or Stellar Seismology which uses their frequency spectra to determine what the composition of the star is. The same way that geologists study the interior of the Earth during earthquakes. Scientists had found that approximately 90% of Lucy's mass had crystallized and since Lucy interior core is mostly made of Carbon, it can only mean one thing.
LUCY BECAME THE BIGGEST DIAMOND FOUND! At 10 billion trillion trillion carats, not only is this diamond forever but it squashes the last diamond to hold the record, The Golden Jubilee at 546 carats. It is theorized that our Sun will one day go through the same phase. After it looses its outer shell and becomes a white dwarf, it too will crystallize and live out it's end of days in spectacular form, enjoying it's own Diamond Jubilee. - Julio E.
http://bit.ly/OgLYE1
http://bit.ly/Sj3PtA
Animated Video: http://bit.ly/NBBv3R
Picture and video courtesy of Christine Pulliam, Travis Metcalfe and Ruth Bazinet from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics."
(silly video... showing a cut diamond instead of a rough one...
)
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