David Custis Kimball - blog
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(image via www.jpl.nasa.gov)
Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California are excitedly reporting the discovery of the spectral signature of Carbon-60 (otherwise known as buckminsterfullerene or Bucky Balls) in a nearby planetary nebula. Bucky Balls are comprised of sixty carbons bonded into a soccer ball-shaped spherical shell which is currently a hot topic of research in academia due to its peculiar electronic, mechanical and chemical properties. While the compound has been synthesized in the lab since the mid-1980’s, the extraterrestrial source of the strange molecule has remained elusive up until now. Scientists had predicted previously that Carbon-60 was a likely product of the fiery conditions associated with “aging, carbon-rich giant stars” and the spectral signature of the planetary nebula TC.01 appears to validate this prediction.
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What is interesting as well is that these ‘containment vessels’ are very stable, and the sphere being the most efficient for holding material and not rupturing from internal forces, but the tetrahedral sections (when you pick out any center carbon with 3 attached carbons) are flattened, yet are nearly structurally ideal from external forces. So no wonder it makes a good ball to kick around.
It may also be a good ship to contain organic matter, nuclear matter or other matter trapped as it might be by intersecting in space.
I really like Bucky Fuller, and he, like the ‘Fullerenes’ can take a lot of ‘kicking around’ without much damage to his ideas. Anybody read ‘Synergetics’ lately?
