Pulsar PSR B1937+21

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Ninjutsu
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
gptkbp:age about 1.5 million years
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 3,200 light years
gptkbp:elevation about 30 degrees
gptkbp:field about 10^12 Gauss
gptkbp:frequency about 641 Hz
gptkbp:has_luminosity about 0.1 m Jy
gptkbp:historical_period about 1.5 x 10^-19 s/s
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:mission gptkb:Ninjutsu
gptkbp:name gptkb:B1937+21
gptkbp:number_built gptkb:PSR_B1937+21
gptkbp:orbital_period part of the NANO Grav project
gptkbp:products J1939+2134
gptkbp:research radio waves
gptkbp:roll_rate 1.557701 milliseconds
gptkbp:significance used for testing general relativity
gptkbp:status not in a binary system
gptkbp:year_created gptkb:1982