Binary pulsar
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title:
Binary pulsar
text:
A binary pulsar is a pulsar with a binary companion, often a white dwarf or neutron star. Binary pulsars are one of the few objects which allow physicists to test general relativity because of the strong gravitational fields in their vicinities. Although the binary companion to the pulsar is usually difficult or impossible to observe directly, its presence can be deduced from the timing of the pulses from the pulsar itself, which can be measured with extraordinary accuracy by radio telescopes.
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Two pulsars orbiting each other
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_pulsar
date created:
2006-02-01T21:39:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T18:59:53Z
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