10 billion trillion trillion-carat diamond

[ViperGTS]

Just dont let any rappers here of this.

[Rarzo]

We would need one BIG PSU Fundraiser to afford a trip that far away...

[Dharkbayne]

2,500 miles across, I don't think that would disrupt any orbits, some smaller things might orbit around it though.

[Veteran]

There are plenty of times during the nova stage of stars that the entire surface of the star is gold, platinum and in the case of big stars, uranium.

That's why we have those elements on Earth.

[Rayder]

Do ya say so? Well, like we could harvest that even if we could get to them.

[SilverLord]

Originally Posted by UncleDynamite

Plus, there would be the problem of a huge diamond causing gravitational chaos in orbit... meh.

:indeed:

[Rayder]

To the gravitational thing... the force of gravity is about 6.67x10^(-11). To get the pull of gravity on an object, you would do this...

6.67x10^(-11) x Mass of object 1 (m1) x Mass of object 2 (m2)/distance^2

Let's use the Earth's pull on a 100 kg (220 lb) man.

The Earth has a mass of about 5.98x10^24, and a 100 kg man obviously has a mass of 100kg. The distance this man is from the center of Earth if he stands on the surface of the Earth, is about 6.38x10^6.

Using the formula stated above...

6.67x10^(-11) x 5.98x10^24 x 100 / (6.38x10^6)^2 = 979.9088059 (last number is probably rounded up 1)

Now, there's another number that you would divide 979.9088059 by, but I forgot it, and I've already done this, so someone google it up and finish for me.

[Dharkbayne]

**head explodes**

[Happy lil Elf]

Wouldn't the gravitational field on a diamond that's 2500 miles across be enough to kill any human? Of course assuming we had the technological capabilities to travel that far, we'd probably be able to overcome that

And a diamond of what size at 1 carot is 189. That isnt right. You can get tiny diamonds that are about 2-3 mm accross at like 20 karots for less than that.

Cool, find me some. And no, diamonique doesn't count. A 1c diamond ring, one that contains a high quality diamond anyways, is not cheap.

You guys realize this makes all the ancient people who beleived that stars were made of gems correct. They were all correct 5000-2000 years ago. I hope the other feilds of science get a clue and start cracking out the old books and start looking more closely at why they all thought that. They underestimate the reasoning behind all ancient culture enough now, anyways. They all had very real reasons for beleiving what they did outside of ther own myths. I hope to get to see it someday soon.(i personally think none of hte "myths" were for the reason some poeple think they are today.)

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard you say, Ait. Tell me, do you think the sun revolves around the earth too? Or that the world is flat? Ancient knowledge is based for the most part on assumptions and "logic" that's shakier than California during an earthquake.

[Octavian]

What a great Valentine's Day present.

[Veteran]

Ancient knowledge is based for the most part on assumptions and "logic" that's shakier than California during an earthquake.

That's quite a generalization. Ancient people developed higher mathematics, navigation, medicine, art, etc. Without them, there would be no modern technology.

[Deadlock]

This brought up an interesting fact i learned today... Aluminum used to be worth more than gold before electricity was discovered... wonder what crashing the economy with that hudge diamond would in turn cause to be worth millions? (Im a silversmith by trade, this stuff gives me a big hardon)

[Rayder]

Cotton... cotton would go up for no apparent reason... or maybe if you felt like it, tungsten.

[Triggar]

I would make squirrel pelt the most valuable thing on Earth, if diamonds and platinum were as disposable as aluminium.

[Rayder]

What the hell is with your and squirrells?