The Unusual Supernova

Coya explains to Hiraharouk and thus to us:

this double system had comprised one large star and one barely sub-stellar superjovian planet about 40 or 50 a.u. apart;

when the star supernovaed, it blew away from the planet everything but a core of nickle-iron and heavier elements;

without the pressure of the outer layers, the core exploded into new allotropes, thus ejecting more atmosphere and solid matter;

any supernova emits large quantities of particles and quanta in a full range of energies;

"'Any possible reaction must happen.'" (p. 667);

actinides and supermetals are a small percentage, usually scattered thinly through space;

however, in this case, incandescent gasses washed across the bare metallic globe of the planet and some of those gasses alloyed with the molten planetary surface, especially the supermetals with their high condensation temperatures;

billions of tons of supermetals can easily be extracted, more than Technic civilization can use;

the miners must be protected from radioactivity.

See also:

At Mirkheim And Its Sun
The Richness Of "Lodestar"
Satan And Mirkheim
The Surface Of Mirkheim
The Mystery Of Mirkheim
An Inhabited Mirkheim!