PSR B1937+21
id:
psr-b1937-21-284-3188107
title:
PSR B1937+21
text:
PSR B1937+21 is a pulsar located in the constellation Vulpecula a few degrees in the sky away from the first discovered pulsar, PSR B1919+21. The name PSR B1937+21 is derived from the word "pulsar" and the declination and right ascension at which it is located, with the "B" indicating that the coordinates are for the 1950.0 epoch. PSR B1937+21 was discovered in 1982 by Don Backer, Shri Kulkarni, Carl Heiles, Michael Davis, and Miller Goss. It is the first discovered millisecond pulsar, with a ro
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Pulsar in the constellation Vulpecula
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_B1937%2B21
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-02T19:43:40Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
15