SGR J1745−2900

id: sgr-j1745-2900-211-2256488
title: SGR J1745−2900
text: SGR J1745−2900, or PSR J1745−2900, is the first-discovered magnetar orbiting the black hole Sagittarius A*, in the center of the Milky Way. The magnetar was discovered in 2013 using the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope, the Nancay Decimetric Radio Telescope, and the Jodrell Bank Lovell Telescope. The magnetar has a period of 3.76 s and a magnetic flux density of ~ 10ⁱ⁰ T (10ⁱ⁴ G). The magnetar is 0.33 ly from the central black hole. The object offers an unparalleled tool for probing the ionized
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original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGR_J1745%E2%88%922900
date created: 2015-01-02T21:53:11Z
date modified: 2024-09-12T04:52:42Z
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