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Agariculture t1_iw3u9qo wrote

I was wondering how a planet could be superconducting; then i realized it was the metal. Nice

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Casval214 t1_iw3z7os wrote

Glad I wasn’t the only one who at first thought how could an entire planet be super conductive.

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Quetzalcoatlasaurus t1_iw43ndz wrote

I mean, it's mostly made of metal so it wouldn't be impossible..

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EVEOpalDragon t1_iw48so9 wrote

At its temperature? I think that would warrant further Investigation.

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Quetzalcoatlasaurus t1_iw493i4 wrote

Oh, absolutely. If mercury were a superconductor, we would probably know by now with all the tests we've done. It almost certainly isn't, but a planet sized superconductor would be really interesting

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orangutanDOTorg t1_iw7p90r wrote

It was actually the 111 years later part that I thought was odd until I figured it out - I was like how did they know the planet was a super conductor way back then?

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