PSR B1937+21

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Ninjutsu
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pulsar_PSR_B1937+21
gptkbp:age about 1.6 million years
gptkbp:area about 10 kilometers
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Cassiopeia
none known
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:D._R._Lorimer
the fastest known pulsar at the time of discovery
gptkbp:distance about 3,600 light-years
gptkbp:field about 10^8 Tesla
gptkbp:has_luminosity about 0.1 m Jy
gptkbp:historical_period about 1.0 x 10^-20 seconds per second
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label PSR B1937+21
gptkbp:mass about 1.4 solar masses
gptkbp:orbital_period highly stable rotation
used for high-precision timing experiments
gptkbp:research gptkb:pulsar_timing_array
observed by various radio telescopes
gptkbp:roll_rate 1.557701 milliseconds
gptkbp:significance important for testing theories of gravity
gptkbp:stations around 400 M Hz
gptkbp:status not in a binary system
gptkbp:type gptkb:Ninjutsu
gptkbp:weather_conditions produces a relativistic wind
gptkbp:year_created gptkb:1982