carbon planet
(carbide planet, diamond planet)
(theoretical planet type with more carbon than oxygen)
A carbon planet (or carbide planet or diamond planet)
is a theorized type of planet with more carbon than oxygen.
It is supposed that it could form from a carbon-rich protoplanetary disk.
Proposed locations are near the galactic center, in globular clusters,
and around brown dwarfs.
(theory,exoplanets,planet type,carbon)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_planet
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504214
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ApJ...681.1624M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.460.2482M/abstract
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