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title: "En diamant som är större än jorden"
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author: "His Divine Shadow"
published: "2004-02-16T12:28:01.000Z"
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# En diamant som är större än jorden

## #1 — His Divine Shadow, 2004-02-16T12:28Z

<http://sacbee.com/state_wire/story/8260120p-9190734c.html>

> Astronomers spy 10 billion trillion trillion-carat diamond
> The Associated Press
> Last Updated 3:06 p.m. PST Friday, February 13, 2004
> LOS ANGELES (AP) - If anyone's ever promised you the sun, the moon and the stars, tell 'em you'll settle for BPM 37093.
> The heart of that burned-out star with the no-nonsense name is a sparkling diamond that weighs a staggering 10 billion trillion trillion carats. That's one followed by 34 zeros.
> 
> The hunk of celestial bling is an estimated 2,500 miles across, said Travis Metcalfe, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
> 
> "You would need a jeweler's loupe the size of the sun to grade this diamond," said Metcalfe, who led the team that discovered the gem.
> 
> The diamond is a massive chunk of crystallized carbon that lies about 300 trillion miles from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus.
> 
> The galaxy's largest diamond is formally known as a white dwarf, or the hot core of a dead sun.
> 
> Astronomers have suspected for decades that white dwarfs crystallized, but only recently were able to verify the hypothesis.
> 
> A paper detailing the discovery has been submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters for publication.

Och från:
<http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/press/pr0407.html>

<http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/press/diamond_med.jpg>

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## #2 — obelix, 2004-02-16T12:32Z

Hmmmm...

Undrar hur stor ringen skulle bli?  :o

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## #3 — mikul, 2004-02-16T12:35Z

satans stort finger man far ha ocksa...

Permalänk: https://www.webforum.nu/p/1278539

## #4 — magnusfeldth, 2004-02-16T12:48Z

Och detta får man reda på efter alla hjärtans dag! PUH! Tänk om flickvännen sett det innan... å, hade grävt stort hål i plånboken

Permalänk: https://www.webforum.nu/p/1278547

## #5 — magnusfeldth, 2004-02-16T12:49Z

Re: En diamant som är större än jorden

> Astronomers spy 10 billion trillion trillion-carat diamond

My preciousss!

Permalänk: https://www.webforum.nu/p/1278548

## #6 — M.Cheraghi, 2004-02-16T12:52Z

Re: Re: En diamant som är större än jorden

> **magnusfeldth skrev:**
>
> > Astronomers spy 10 billion trillion trillion-carat diamond
>
> 
> My preciousss!

Smeeeegååål..... Must.... Have.... Preciousss!....

Permalänk: https://www.webforum.nu/p/1278551

## #7 — bluxbluxo, 2004-02-16T13:26Z

Men kan ju undra hur mycket den är värd :OO

Permalänk: https://www.webforum.nu/p/1278567

## #8 — Vide, 2004-02-16T13:33Z

Kan nog tänkas att diamantpriset sänks en smula om man får tag på den... ;)

Permalänk: https://www.webforum.nu/p/1278572

## #9 — Ingrid, 2004-02-16T15:58Z

Re: En diamant som är större än jorden

> **His Divine Shadow skrev:**
>
> <http://sacbee.com/state_wire/story/8260120p-9190734c.html>
> 
>
>
> > Astronomers spy 10 billion trillion trillion-carat diamond
> > The Associated Press
> > Last Updated 3:06 p.m. PST Friday, February 13, 2004
> > LOS ANGELES (AP) - If anyone's ever promised you the sun, the moon and the stars, tell 'em you'll settle for BPM 37093.
> > The heart of that burned-out star with the no-nonsense name is a sparkling diamond that weighs a staggering 10 billion trillion trillion carats. That's one followed by 34 zeros.
> > 
> > The hunk of celestial bling is an estimated 2,500 miles across, said Travis Metcalfe, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
> > 
> > "You would need a jeweler's loupe the size of the sun to grade this diamond," said Metcalfe, who led the team that discovered the gem.
> > 
> > The diamond is a massive chunk of crystallized carbon that lies about 300 trillion miles from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus.
> > 
> > The galaxy's largest diamond is formally known as a white dwarf, or the hot core of a dead sun.
> > 
> > Astronomers have suspected for decades that white dwarfs crystallized, but only recently were able to verify the hypothesis.
> > 
> > A paper detailing the discovery has been submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters for publication.
>
> 
> 
> Och från:
> <http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/press/pr0407.html>

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## #10 — caze, 2004-02-16T16:48Z

Den skulle man kunna köpa med ett koppel :e

Permalänk: https://www.webforum.nu/p/1278673

## #11 — frankof, 2004-02-16T19:51Z

Wee, den skulle ha gjort gött för diamantpriset :e
"diamonds are a girls best friend" :e

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