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Neutron Star at Core of Cassiopeia -Has Carbon Atmosphere |
Neutron Star at Core of Cassiopeia -Has Carbon Atmosphere |
Comment in News (4 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/06/2009
good point, but I think my analogy still holds. Diamond has a density of 3.53g/cm^3. Air (at room temperature) has a density of 0.001g/cm^3, so a diamond is about 3500 times denser than air. In order for the carbon atmosphere fit the proportion, it mus … (see comment)
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Neutron Star at Core of Cassiopeia -Has Carbon Atmosphere |
Neutron Star at Core of Cassiopeia -Has Carbon Atmosphere |
Comment in News (9 diggs, 2 replies) - on 11/05/2009
Calling it an atmosphere, while technically correct, can be a little misleading. We are talking about super-heated carbon atoms packed so tightly under the pressure of 70 billion g's that comparatively speaking a diamond would be like a puff of air. In … (see comment)

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