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Uranus may have Melting and Resolidifying Diamond Oceans
Discovery News ^
| Jan 2010
| Eric Bland
Posted on 01/19/2010 6:54:40 AM PST by rface
Oceans of liquid diamond, filled with solid diamond icebergs, could be floating on Neptune and Uranus, according to a recent article in the journal Nature Physics.
The research, based on first detailed measurements of the melting point of diamond, found diamond behaves like water during freezing and melting, with solid forms floating atop liquid forms. The surprising revelation gives scientists a new understanding about diamonds and some of the most distant planets in our solar system.
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KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; diamondsareforever; jamesbond; moonsofuranus; neptune; ringarounduranus; uranus
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To: valkyry1
And yet you took the trouble to reply. Good for you!
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07/24/2010 8:13:37 AM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
(Does not play well with others)
To: valkyry1
Carbon has a bunch of stable forms (including diamonds), at least four of which are known on Earth, and as graphite (at least) it can become liquid.
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07/24/2010 8:16:28 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: rface; C19fan; massgopguy; job; calex59; The Comedian; NCC-1701
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posted on
07/24/2010 8:23:11 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: Notforprophet
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posted on
07/24/2010 8:26:11 AM PDT
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kevao
To: Pajama Blogger
Its going to be a special day when we can pull diamonds out of Uranus. Normally you have to go to prison to find a drilling platform capable of such a deed.If you want to pull diamonds out of Uranus, you'll need a proctologist.
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posted on
07/24/2010 8:30:44 AM PDT
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kevao
To: SunkenCiv
I don’t believe a word I hear from “Space Scientists” frankly, they don’t know squat ...
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posted on
07/24/2010 5:41:56 PM PDT
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Scythian
To: kevao
*smirk* My wife would say yes.
NFP
To: scoobysnak71
Michelle telling the kids what her man Barak left on the bed
the night before.
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04/06/2012 11:54:56 AM PDT
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StonyBurk
(ring)
To: brownsfan
How are such high temps generated so far away from the sun? Atmoshperic pressure.
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posted on
04/06/2012 11:58:11 AM PDT
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Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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