Re: Diamondspace, or "dang, I'm good..."

I think the giant diamond in Jupiter you are remembering was from 2010: A Space Odyssey.
-eric-

Danton May <coyotedkm@???????.com> wrote:
I remember reading a hypothesis that the center of Jupiter was one huge
diamond when I was 12 years old (and I'm 32 now).

- Coyote, the Desert Dog

>From: Bryce Perry
>Reply-To: Discussion list for the Spelljammer campaign setting
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>To: SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com
>Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] Diamondspace, or "dang, I'm good..."
>Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:08:12 -0800
>
>I could be wrong, but wasn't it hypothesized quite a long time ago that
>the center of the large gaseous planets (Saturn, Jupiter, and so on)
>are huge diamonds? If I remember correctly, the theory states that the
>heavier gasses (such as carbon) would be pulled to the planets core
>where the immense pressure would cause them to form diamonds of
>unimaginable size. Well, not really unimaginable, but about the size
>of our planet.
>
>--- Night_Druid wrote:
> > Heh, here's a great article:
> >
> > http://sacbee.com/state_wire/story/8260120p-9190734c.html
> >
> >
> > basically, they've found a diamond the size of mars (give or take a
> > few
> > hundred miles). Which is really neato, since in my Maelstrom, I have
> > one
> > sphere with a diamond sun! :D Dang, now i'm going to have to finish
> > writing
> > up that sphere :)
> >
> > Adam
> >
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