In Popular Culture
- Since a diamond also consists of crystallized carbon, the star V886 Centauri has been nicknamed Lucy after The Beatles's hit Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
- The star is mentioned as trivia in the Modern Marvels episode "Carbon", and is said to be 10 billion trillion trillion carats.
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