Discovery of an Evaporated Planet That's Now Practically Metal

[@isaiahgray3057]

A completely metal planet? *headbangs*

[@tardiscommand1812]

Where else do you think Lemmy Kilmister went to!

[@JeroenvanGutsem-u7e]

Instant deathstar

[@MCsCreations]

Yup, I came from there.

[@PacesIII]

🤘

[@010101110100]

Planet Caravan wouldn’t be a bad name

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

Oh shit. They found Cybertron

[@generallyobnoxious2722]

Man, i came here to say that! Lmao!!

[@joelvanwinkle5976]

We gotta stop them from using the using the device

[@Reoh0z]

By the all-spark!

[@randymelton1601]

I was thinking crematoria

[@generallyobnoxious2722]

@randymelton1601 oh that's a good one too! Need more riddic.

[@nomdeguerre7265]

I've always thought this process had something to do with the character of Mercury. The current consensus is that is does not. But the idea of planet near a star being essentially 'boiled away' to a bare mantle/core has always been an interesting idea to me.

[@kalrandom7387]

Same

[@nicolasbuist2451]

You are truly one of a kind a true gem on KZbin

[@kenpeters4744]

Love your content Anton. Keep up the great work.

[@kalodude]

Thanks Anton, so informative and easy to understand. You're a true professional. Well done.

[@m007mm]

Heavy METAL ! 🤘

[@jackesioto]

Basically like a giant Mercury.

[@m007mm]

@@jackesioto FREDDY !!! What have you done for me lately???

[@klomptphuh]

Yea, but because of the greater gravity, you'd only be able to bang your head once.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

🎸🎸🎸

[@m007mm]

@@klomptphuh 😂

[@LogicalMusicman]

Can we call it a plumbum planet? Uranus would feel so much better having something else be the butt-end of the jokes for a while.

[@WhiskerBiscuit1]

Plumbum: The Dumbest Element Name.

[@tempusfugit9009]

Best channel for having a break from politics. Thank you for the Time, Anton.

[@jimcurtis9052]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 🤘👍😁

[@oldmech619]

FYI planet density Mercury: 5.427 g/cm³ Venus: 5.243 g/cm³ Earth: 5.514 g/cm³ Mars: 3.934 g/cm³

[@wuodanstrasse5631]

@oldmech619: Thank you. Very useful. It is so pleasant to have something useful instead of the insanely stupid, juvenile comments by so many disgusting cretinous slimebags.

[@iepineapple]

What about the outer planets?

[@geschichtenausjohanland2988]

Iron and Nickel alone aren't even heavy enough. FYI metal densities. Iron: 7.870 g/cm³ Nickel: 8.900 g/cm³ Silver: 10.500 g/cm³ Lead: 11.340 g/cm³ Uranium: 19.100 g/cm³ Gold: 19.320 g/cm³ Plutonium: 19.840 g/cm³

[@rbvfeehfbudenrj]

⁠​⁠@geschichtenausjohanland2988 Metals get compressed and become even denser inside of them planets, which is what is probably happening

[@nerdbikes3841]

Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath already established contact with this planet years ago.

[@frct6273]

Clever

[@epicridesandtours]

So the planets should be called "Fluff" and "Eddie"?

[@charleswagner2984]

Considering the conditions of this planet, it could be where RJ Dio is spending his eternity.

[@tinkerstrade3553]

They bought it from KISS.

[@robmiller6890]

Excellent visuals, thx for taking the time, Anton

[@CarbonicHolyPally]

I wrote a SF story 20 years ago that was based on a Planet like this smaller then Pluto that got thrown out of orbit and ended up in orbit around Jupiter that we end up mining it for Metallic Hydrogen.

[@danwinstanley2810]

😮 did you!

[@501Mobius]

You didn't mention if it was tidally locked, but it probably is.

[@kalrandom7387]

But of course, it's tidaly locked every other solar system. All the planets are tidaly locked only our system has planets that revolve.

[@Melooasfs]

@@kalrandom7387do you genuinely think our solar system is the only one to have non tidally locked planets

[@kalrandom7387]

@Melooasfs Not just no, but heck no. That was a sarcastic remark with the deeper meaning of the scientist always having to set this system apart from everything else. The we are the best mentality bothers me.

[@Melooasfs]

@@kalrandom7387 ahh i see, my mistake

[@501Mobius]

@@kalrandom7387 I saw that it was a juvenile sarcastic remark but I didn't have time to make one in reply.

[@krumplethemal8831]

Yeah but are the concerts any good?

[@joelvanwinkle5976]

Imagine writing a heavy metal song about this planet. It would totally rock.

[@Kel-d7v]

I think that would be FAR OUT !

[@GadZookz]

This is the kind of planet you might be able to land on but good luck lifting off. If you didn’t get squished by the high gravity you would want to go on a diet to lose as much weight as possible

[@jwm6314]

You'd burn a lot of calories with every movement. Wouldn't take long.

[@felixar90]

Anything that evolved to live on that planet would probably jump super high on earth tho.

[@ortherner]

It only takes 21 hours to orbit it's star. I think the only thing to land on would be very hot lava.

[@GadZookz]

@@orthernerThere is a great SF short story titled Heavy Planet by Milton A. Rothman (1939) which is considered one the earliest examples of Hart Sci-Fi. Worth a look if you can find it.

[@denysvlasenko1865]

The surface temperature of 2000 degrees makes your concerns moot.

[@Niecie]

Very interesting! Thank you!!

[@meyou2696]

So cool! You are wonderfully smart!

[@kalyasaify]

yes! 🥹 love his passion ❤

[@MyraSeavy]

Really interesting video! 😊❤

[@yvonnemiezis5199]

Very interesting information, thanks Anton ❤👍

[@paulgillespie542]

Arthur C. Clarke in 2010 Odyssey II suggested that the center of Jupiter could be one massive diamond. Only 3.5g/cm^3, but there are perhaps 2 other gas giant migration influences (Saturn,Uranus). We'll never see it though, of course.

[@ThinkTank541]

Imagine the ringing that ensues after an asteroid hits it

[@joelmitchell7597]

🤯

[@nilo70]

In space, no one can hear your ding .

[@nickwilcox3648]

Wouldn't it need to be hollow?

[@weegiewarbler]

@nickwilcox3648 Are you saying the moon is hollow? Following the "ring" there when they crashed space-bits on it?

[@ruperterskin2117]

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@archam777]

Maybe do a video about the scientific perspective of what is going on in Jersey for the past several weeks? We need the brightest minds giving their opinion on it, that's you my man.

[@ricardomeertens9165]

Just a hoax lol your government likes to brainwash you. You really think they don't know who is doing this they probably are doing it themselves to justify a war against Iran. Nothing do to with science everything to do with geopolitics.

[@ricardomeertens9165]

Lol I responded to you and my comment got presumably removed

[@GHar94]

Aeroplanes is the scientific answer.

[@william6223]

It is an AI drone protection net operated by USA government. But they lie, even when they don't have to.

[@archam777]

@GHar94 👌

[@SyIe12]

👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐EXCELLENT WORK!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION.

[@joestrat2723]

I name it planet Led Zeppelin. Thanks Anton! Very interesting as always.

[@erikszalai283]

I was so waiting for this discovery...

[@fidel-3470]

I'm surprised you didn't mention that this could just be a miscalculation or bad data. IMHO, it's just as likely that the exciting new discovery was so anomalous because there was an inaccurate reading.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

Read the research papers, journal articles, etc. that Anton used to create this video.

[@epicridesandtours]

That's a subject for another vid!

[@stevenkarnisky411]

What would keep the whole planet from boiling away? Its core must be molten from all the pressure. Its surface is molten from proximity to the star. Why doesn't the whole thing melt, distort and boil away like a chocolate bar in a hot kettle? Thank you, Anton!

[@stargazer5784]

Molten or very hot heavier elements aren't volatile enough to be quickly stripped away as a gas by stellar winds.

[@denysvlasenko1865]

~2000K surface temp. It's 1000K below boiling temperature of either iron or silicon dioxide.

[@larry785]

Where there's lead there is also gold!

[@zimriel]

gold might be too volatile. you want platinum, osmium, rhenium, tungsten . . .

[@mahadevparmekar2565]

There is more gold in our inner solar system (asteroids specifically) than what humanity can possibly need for millions of years. Gold isn't that rare in the universe. Here on earth it's rare, because most of it sunk to the center during the formation of our planet. The surface gold that we use probably came from asteroid collisions or volcanic activity. Gold (and most heavy metals) aren't really rare in the large context of the universe.

[@larry785]

@@zimriel Don't forget Rhodium!

[@OfTheGaps]

@0:15 Highest in its class? Now THAT'S my kind of planet!🤘

[@UnicronCharieee]

Thank youu🎉

[@Bob-b7x6v]

Wonder what kind of crazy magnetic field these have?

[@Bwugwugwug]

3:03 This planet is "basically the densest object we've discovered" - excepting of course, black holes, neutron stars etc.

[@GrannyTheftAuto]

🤘 Heavy Metal planet found

[@miketaylor7023]

In any kind of closed system like worlds with contained atmospheres within or on the surface that can slow down the rate of entropy normally present in a vaccum, life might be possible around any type of star or even without an external energy source. We don't have any data on unknown factors such as how various gravitational fields affect evolution from inanimate matter into life but in any semi enclosed system that can delay entropy enough for living matter to evolve it seems under a broad range of conditions life may be possible with natural semi regulated energy inputs from within and outside planets, moons, or asteroids and comets. It could take lifetimes before anyone begins to key in on future undiscovered information and the deeper implications of life's range.

[@vincentcleaver1925]

Halooo, wonderful Anton! Jupiter on a diet?

[@gingerovertone2929]

Led Planet !

[@goatfather2966]

Makes sense. Eventually the irradiated metal vibrates into a boiling pot of alloy soup and ignition begins. Then it's a star.

[@johannnyborg3998]

The music must be awesome

[@MCsCreations]

Fascinating!

[@XL-5117]

If you can imagine it, it exists somewhere! Perhaps this was once the Borg home world that got stripped of its outer layers and atmosphere perhaps?

[@browningcm]

Hello wonderful person!

[@chrispannell9419]

Never this early :) Just another wonderful person here

[@ads06.1]

Earth's future... the Deathstar. As the Sun begins its expansion, would this happen to Mercury first before it gets consumed by the sun?

[@stargazer5784]

The degree to which a planet 'evaporates' hinges on what percentage of it's composition is made up of volatile elements. IE, elements that easily sublimate to a gas when heated.

[@ads06.1]

@@stargazer5784 Thank you so much for your reply! I appreciate it as I'm not an astronomer or scientist, although I'm fascinated by and very much enjoy learning about the fields of study. I looked up which planets are the most volatile (elements) in our solar system and discovered that the jovian gas giants top the list. Closer to home, it looks like Earth is the most volatile (oh the irony), so I guess the Deathstar is in our future. Out of curiosity, I wonder if a planet's rotation (and being tidally locked) has a part in or affects the process? Thank you for your time and the discussion.

[@russellsmejkal304]

I really wish we had the speed to send something out extremely far out that we could start really seeing these planets and solar systems

[@Bob-b7x6v]

Is this what ice giant cores looks like underneath everything else?

[@stargazer5784]

Probably pretty close.

[@NancyRode-u9i]

🙋🏽‍♀️anton everyday

[@MichaelAlexander-c3x]

Love it!!

[@jimmyjames5960]

That's where GWAR are from. Metal metal land.

[@6thMessenger]

I thought Mercury is the core of an “evaporated” gas giant. No?

[@iepineapple]

The current scientific consensus says no, simply a smaller planet that was formed abnormally close

[@giokun100]

@@iepineapple I thought the consensus is that it was a Mars sized planet that formed around the Asteroid belt and collided with another planetary sized object in such a way that it shed it's mantle and came closer to the sun.

[@putteslaintxtbks5166]

I thought at first this might be Superman's home planet, but his was probably high gravity because of being bigger? If it is his old home planet, someday we might be able to watch it blow apart!

[@humbledb4jesus]

haven't they theorized that mercury is the core of a gas giant that migrated to its present inner orbit?

[@stargazer5784]

That idea was discarded at some point in the past. Mercury's density, or specific gravity, isn't high enough for it to likely be a remnant core of a much larger planet. There was a time though when alot of people considered the possibility. Good memory on your part.

[@denysvlasenko1865]

@@stargazer5784 The theory is discarded because the evaporation time at Mercury's orbit is too long; and isotope ratios don't support evaporation idea either.

[@humbledb4jesus]

@@stargazer5784 - i have a degree in astrophysics...so this is just the kind of stuff i crave...

[@JeroenvanGutsem-u7e]

The concentrated minerals and metals must have been exposed to neptune like pressures before it lost its envelope, This means you will find fist sized diamonds and exotic minerals on the night side.

[@dreadogastusf3548]

A Chthonian planet, ehh. "There's no place like home."

[@G3O710]

Can you please make another video on quantum computing and how crazy this new step into a realm we've never really reached. I can't fully understand it and it's kinda crazy to even try to comprehend it i feel like you can explain it better. Please 🙏

[@aaronmicalowe]

John Livingston has come a long way from being a Seagull.

[@petepanteraman]

5:40 I can't help but be curious about what's under those clouds on Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus and saturn

[@louisgiokas2206]

Are they sure it wasn't due to "dark matter"?

[@Joel-u2w5z]

So not only the gases and water have evaporated away but also the silicates and alkali metals too! Toasty!

[@HellaTeeth]

Chthonian Planet is a solid band name

[@joelvanwinkle5976]

They found cybertron

[@dexterisabo3137]

I wonder if that's what a star core looks like. I mean isn't iron the fusion limit for a G type star? If it werent for the insane lifespan of a white dwarf and the fact that most are probably still white hot, I bet that's what a white dwarf would look like when it finally cooled down. Like a metal planet. Like a star with the metallic remains of its binary still flying around it. How cool would it be to have a knife made out of star core or cthonian steel?

[@infinidominion]

I've followed a similar arc

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

03:20 Brown dwarves get more dense as they grow in size? That makes no sense whatsoever. Growing in size means more volume, and without having more mass, this is less density.

[@ParanoidAlaskan]

Guys we found Vulcanus

[@SteveSiegelin]

When I hear this it makes me think of two words: metal hydrogen! Does it exist? I think this would be the only way we might ever find out!

[@UygurPalestino]

Love your channel. Hate YT crapy spanish title. Please: delete automatic traslation.

[@Bob-b7x6v]

Mithrall?

[@davidbrannon5003]

The highest in its class?...We ought to name it Spicoli!

[@robertoverbeeke865]

We should call it Zeppelin

[@GregoryMerritt-o1f]

I've wondered if Mercury is something similar.

Weard thing about this info, it´s most usefull in a video game.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

Only if one considers video games useful.

[@nomadicsynth]

6:23 Stare at Anton until he disappears. In his place you will see the Anti-Anton.

[@andrewepp6763]

Is it possible mercury started out as a gas planet?

[@a.forbes133]

It's possible probably even likely that terrestrial planets like earth and Venus started out with relatively large primordial atmospheres but for that model to work for mercury all the planets would have had to start out much further from sun and then spiraled inwards. It's not inconceivable that mercury had a thicker atmosphere but not gas giant level unless our solar system formation models are very very wrong but all of these models mostly depend on what Jupiter was doing in the early days of the solar system.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

Yes. They are called "hot Jupiters." Gas giants so close to their star that the star's EM radiation and stellar wind erodes the planet down to its rocky or metalic core.

[@osmosisjones4912]

Wonder some of stuff making different didn't allow life but product of life

[@tinkerstrade3553]

IF we had a way to mine there, imagine all the precious minerals just for the excavating. But we would need anti grav tech.

[@off_Planet]

That's it. I'm done with this. Physicists of all flavors are DONE with naming things now. I'm not taking it anymore. We're at a point where throwing a bunch of letter fridge magnets at a steel sheet gives more pronounceable results.

[@sidneyraboflatz8256]

Thats where the Replicators from SG live

[@HT-Blindleader]

Soooooooo, that is where Ozzy is from. 😮

[@ezshottah3732]

Is a chtonian planet different from a white dwarf because it didn’t nova?

[@stargazer5784]

A chthonian planet is a planetary core remnant, while s white dwarf is a stellar remnant with a density that is orders of magnitude higher than any planetary core. They're two different things entirely. A white dwarf will nova only if it accretes sufficient material from a companion star, while a chthonian planet would never undergo such a process.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

So does this lead credence to the hypothesis the Mercury could be a sort of Chthonian planet?

[@epiccurious3536]

Lets saw it in half and see what's in the middle/core.

[@thomasesau2376]

I pity the inhabitants. Just as soon as they blow out all their birthday candles, they must re-light them and start all over.

[@markgado8782]

How did haarps help?

[@streetsbolt]

Our solar system needs a name since others have been found. "The solar system" is non-descript unless it's THE solar system but that might be a copyright or trademark infringement.

[@bpz8175]

"Solar" alt. "Sol" is the name of our system. Star system is the generic name.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

Placing the definite article "the" in front of a noun and capitalizing the first letter of that noun indicates it is a "proper noun" in this case "the Solar System." Our star's name is "the Sun."

[@streetsbolt]

@@douglaswilkinson5700 Yes but I feel the Solar System should have a name. Just like our galaxy is called the Milky Way rather than the Galaxy.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

@@streetsbolt The key word in your reply is "feel." Astrophysicists have feelings too but they cannot let them interfere with science. I've heard stellar astrophysicists say, for example, "The stellar systems we imaged look nothing like the Solar System."

[@kalrandom7387]

I wonder if Mercury is one of those types of planets?

[@darylbrown8834]

No mention of the electromagnetic/magnetic' star to planet ratios. I'm guessing they're not known.

[@stargazer5784]

If such a measurement existed, it wouldn't be germane to the process being discussed.

[@belligerent-irony]

Evaporated only technicaly discusses water.

[@MaurizioMezzatesta]

Brutal

[@Saunterisland]

I understand that Mercury is possibly the core of a gas giant?

[@gabotron94]

So if you wanted to mine it, you would only need to... scratch the surface?

[@CDMS_pt]

Please turn off the automatic switch of language, can't stand it. Just want the original language of the video.

[@untouchable360x]

Krypton?

[@johnmason8968]

If thunder Storms occur on that planet, they must be tumultuous events---at the very least.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

Planets without atmospheres have no thunder storms.

[@IntelligentMushrooms]

K2-360 tried to stop the metal...but it failed and was stricken to the ground.

[@Ian_Christensen]

A little Gold nugget...

[@Bob-b7x6v]

Nth-metal?