If we added up all the wealth that ever existed, it would be like a drop in the ocean compared to the value of this planet!

That’s right! 55 Cancri e, which is twice the size of Earth, and is located about 41 light years away in the constellation of Cancer, is famous for one thing. About 1/3rd of the planet is diamond – which has resulted from atmospheric carbon reacting with the heat and pressure from its parent star.

What’s that worth you ask? A pretty big chunk of change to be honest – around $27 Nonillion! That’s 27 followed by 30 zeroes, in case you’re wondering!

To put it into perspective, our good old Earth’s GDP in 2019 was about $142 trillion, which means that the diamond planet is worth about 200 quadrillion times more than the Earth’s GDP, and a mere 0.2 % of the planet’s diamonds would handily pay off all the debts held by our world’s governments!

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