Not really sure what the big fuss is, diamonds aren't exactly rare here on Earth...

This whole "diamond planet" thing...
Where it began, I can't begin to know when;
But then I know it's growing strong.

MadSkillz: I imagine a diamond asteroid could very very easily destroy the planet though!

Yup.
All the men would commit suicide after listening to their girlfriends whine about wanting a bigger rock.

/what? that's not what you meant?

Breaking news. Diamonds are not rare. At all.

so "Milky Way" is cruising for a beej from Andromeda?

Taking a big space truck with a bunch of strangers across a diamond planet called Midnight? What could possibly go wrong?

approves..

FredaDeStilleto: Taking a big space truck with a bunch of strangers across a diamond planet called Midnight? What could possibly go wrong?

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haha I was waiting to see a Doctor Who reference.

Was also thinking that the Doctor could find one of these planets and give it to River as a wedding ring

Oh good we can think about building that space elevator now

Without geothermal energy, there couldn't be any plate tectonics, magnetic field, or atmosphere.

wat? Isn't that more a function of the size and density of the planet than whether the planet is geologically active?

Theaetetus: Without geothermal energy, there couldn't be any plate tectonics, magnetic field, or atmosphere.

wat? Isn't that more a function of the size and density of the planet than whether the planet is geologically active?

Without a strong magnetic field, solar winds would likely strip the atmosphere away eventually.

Have you ever tried to sell a diamond?

A long read, but as true today as it was thirty years ago.

FredaDeStilleto: Taking a big space truck with a bunch of strangers across a diamond planet called Midnight? What could possibly go wrong?

[drwho.pl image 400x220]

Thonk yew

MadSkillz: tedbundee: Not really sure what the big fuss is, diamonds aren't exactly rare here on Earth...

I imagine a diamond asteroid could very very easily destroy the planet though!

Diamond is "hard", not "indestructible". In the regime of asteroid-planet collisions, everything is squishy.

I'm on a planet

Whoa you mean that carbon under pressure isn't a unique thing?

/the hell you say!

MadSkillz: tedbundee: Not really sure what the big fuss is, diamonds aren't exactly rare here on Earth...

I imagine a diamond asteroid could very very easily destroy the planet though!

depends on size.


fwiw, diamonds shatter pretty easily when struck right. an all-diamond asteroid might actually be more friable than a nickle-iron one.

hell, it'd probably be far far more likely to shatter from thermal stress while it's still in the upper atmosphere.

then it'd be less 'hammer of god shattering the world' and more 'god is a pissed off redneck with a shotgun' sort of effect.

Wants to live on a Diamond planet

crab66: Breaking news. Diamonds are not rare. At all.

Well, you just dig down about 50 layers and start looking. They're still pretty rare, though.