PSR J0740+6620
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psr-j0740-6620-233-4930209
title:
PSR J0740+6620
text:
PSR J0740+6620 is a neutron star in a binary system with a white dwarf, located 4,600 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered in 2019, by astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, U.S., and confirmed as a rapidly rotating millisecond pulsar. It is among the most massive neutron stars ever observed – with 2.08+0.07−0.07 M☉ placing it near the boundary of the theoretical maximum. Its mass was calculated via the Shapiro delay of its white dwarf companion as it
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Neutron star
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_J0740%2B6620
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-25T20:02:47Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Pulsar_schematic.svg","width":1024,"height":768}
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13
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