Did you know there’s a planet largely made of diamonds?
The Diamond planet Did you know there’s a planet largely made of diamonds ? An exoplanet named 55 CANCRI E, the constellation cancer is confirmed to be largely made of diamonds. It is one of the largest planets in the universe and has a mass eight times that of the Earth. The temperature of the surface of CANCRI is estimated to range between 2,150 and 4,400 degrees Celsius. The main components of its dense atmosphere are hydrogen and helium. 55 CANCRI is largely made up of carbon and has a density twice of the earth with high pressure. The CANCRI system has 5 planets, and may possibly have more planets. 55 CANCRI E or planet Janssen orbits a star known as Copernicus only 41 light years away from us. It was discovered in 2004 around a nearby star in our galaxy. This alien star is also known as a “super–Earth “. It’s a G-type star just like the sun. Its mass is 0.08 Earths. It takes 0.7 ...