Pulsar PSR B1937+21

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Apache_Pulsar
gptkbp:age about 1.5 million years
gptkbp:associated_supernova_remnant none known
gptkbp:binary_status not in a binary system
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Cassiopeia
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:D._R._Lorimer
the fastest known pulsar at the time of discovery
gptkbp:discovery_year gptkb:1982
gptkbp:distance_from_earth about 3,200 light years
gptkbp:elevation about 30 degrees
gptkbp:has_field about 10^12 Gauss
gptkbp:has_luminosity about 0.1 m Jy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pulsar PSR B1937+21
gptkbp:is_observed_in multiple radio telescopes
gptkbp:lighting not detected
gptkbp:perihelion gptkb:Apache_Pulsar
gptkbp:period_derivative about 1.5 x 10^-19 s/s
gptkbp:pulsar_catalog J1939+2134
gptkbp:pulsar_catalog_number gptkb:PSR_B1937+21
gptkbp:pulsar_frequency about 641 Hz
gptkbp:pulsar_name gptkb:B1937+21
gptkbp:pulsar_timing_array part of the NANOGrav project
gptkbp:research radio waves
gptkbp:roll_rate 1.557701 milliseconds
gptkbp:significance used for testing general relativity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5