Diamond Bigger Than Earth?

Researchers have recently found a planet they say is twice the size of Earth and 8 times its mass!
This planet,55 Cancri e, has been found to have least one third of its total mass made up of diamond, making the amount of diamond it contains about 3 times Earth's mass. This planet quickly orbits a sun like star in the constellation of Cancer at a rate so fast that a year there is equilalent to about 18 hours!
The discovery was made by a U.S.-Franco research team. Its suface is very hot, reaching 3,900 degrees Fahrenheit. Its orbiting star can easily be seen by the naked eye from earth. this gigantic diamond planet is nearly 40 light years or 230 trillion miles away from earth!







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