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Binary pulsar — A binary pulsar is a pulsar with a binary companion, often another pulsar, white dwarf or neutron star. They are one of the few objects which allow physicists to test general relativity in the case of a strong gravitational field. Although the… … Wikipedia
binary pulsar — noun : a binary system in which one star is a pulsar ; also : the pulsar of such a system * * * Astron. a pulsar in a binary system. * * * binary pulsar noun (astronomy) A system consisting of a pulsar and a small companion star rotating round… … Useful english dictionary
Pulsar — Pulsars are highly magnetized rotating neutron stars that emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation in the form of radio waves. Their observed periods range from 1.4 ms to 8.5 s. [ M.D. Young, R.N. Manchester and S. Johnston. A radio pulsar with… … Wikipedia
Pulsar kicks — Pulsar kick Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 Constellation Cygnus Right ascension 15h 09m 25.689s … Wikipedia
Pulsar binario — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Un pulsar binario es un pulsar con un compañero estelar, que a menudo es otro pulsar, una enana blanca o una estrella de neutrones. Estos sistemas estelares son de especial interés para los astrofíscos, puesto que… … Wikipedia Español
Binary star — For the hip hop group, see Binary Star (band). Hubble image of the … Wikipedia
Pulsar — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pulsar (homonymie). Un pulsar est le nom donné à l objet astrophysique produisant un signal périodique, de période allant de l ordre de la milliseconde à quelques dizaines de secondes. Il est considéré comme… … Wikipédia en Français
Pulsar binaire — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pulsar (homonymie). Un pulsar binaire est un couple d étoiles dont l une des étoiles est une étoile à neutrons de type pulsar. La seconde étoile de ce système est appelé « compagnon », et peut être à n… … Wikipédia en Français
pulsar — Synonyms and related words: Beehive, Cepheid variable, Hertzsprung Russell diagram, Hyades, Messier catalog, NGC, Pleiades, Seven Sisters, absolute magnitude, binary star, black hole, double star, dwarf star, fixed star, giant star, globular… … Moby Thesaurus
Rotation-powered pulsar — is one of the major classes of pulsars. A Rotation powered pulsar is a rapidly rotating neutron star, whose electromagnetic radiation is observed in regularly spaced intervals, or pulses . It differs from other types of pulsars in that the source … Wikipedia
