Thursday, July 25, 2013

BPM 37093 or Wikantra Planet Specification

BPM 37093 Planet


BPM 37093 (Wikantra Planet)

The interior of this probably very old white dwarf is a diamond with a diameter of more than 4000 kilometers.
The inside of white dwarfs often is pure carbon. The pressure in this star has agglomerated it to form a diamond.

Wikantra Planet or BPM 37093 Specification:
Constellation: Centaurus
Distance: 54 light-years
Spectral class: DA6
Visual magnitude: 13.96
Luminosity: 0.0006 * Sun
Diameter: 0.0029 * Sun
Radial velocity: -12 km/sec