The Diamond Planet "Super Earth"

Space is fulfilled with mysteries and thrill. But today I'm going to tell you some amazing planets in space. So without wasting your time let's start.

Diamond is a very precious element on earth, But Earth's diamond has a new competition with a diamond-like a planet.

A planet "Super-Earth", called 55 Cancri E. This planet was discovered in 2004 and it was located in a nearby star of our milky way galaxy. Scientists studying this planet and the sun of this planet and they are saying that "This rocky planet is mainly made of carbon in the form of diamond and graphite. And also iron, silicon, carbide, and potentially silicates.

This planet is at least about 40 lightyear from Earth in the constellation of cancer. There are only five planets in this solar system. The planet 55 Cancri E has a diameter twice than Earth's diameter, and mass eight times greater, that's why this called "Super-Earth".

                                                        Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

RELATED QUESTIONS:


QUE: Is life possible on 55 Cancri E?
ANS: The planet is located too much near of his star because of this the planet is extremely hot for life.
QUE: How much time he took for making a full orbit?
ANS: The planet took 18 hours to complete a full orbit, where the earth took 365 days to complete a full orbit.

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