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ID 576023 Last modified 10.12.2024
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Domain astronomyastrophysics
  • Kiirelt pöörlev neutrontäht, mille vaadeldava kiirgus intensiivsus pulseerib väga korrapäraselt
  • rapidly spinning neutron star whose magnetic field produces conal beam of electromagnetic radiation that sweeps past the Earth with each rotation of the star
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  • Kõik pulsarid on neutrontähed, kõik neutrontähed aga ... pole pulsarid.
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  • The precise periods of pulsars make them very useful tools. Observations of a pulsar in a binary neutron star system were used to indirectly confirm the existence of gravitational radiation. The first extrasolar planets were discovered around a pulsar, PSR B1257+12. Certain types of pulsars rival atomic clocks in their accuracy in keeping time.

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  • pulsar 'pulsar'

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