Pulsar PSR J0437-4715

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Apache_Pulsar
gptkbp:age about 4.85 billion years
gptkbp:color_scheme highly polarized
gptkbp:contributes_to_gravitational_wave_detection yes
gptkbp:country gptkb:1
yes
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Matthew_Bailes
gptkbp:discovery timing observations
gptkbp:discovery_year gptkb:1996
gptkbp:distance_from_earth about 160 light years
gptkbp:eccentricity 0.0
gptkbp:gamma_ray_luminosity about 10^34 erg/s
gptkbp:has_field about 10^8 T
gptkbp:has_high_precision_timing yes
gptkbp:has_known_pulsar_wind yes
gptkbp:has_luminosity about 0.1 m Jy
gptkbp:has_magnetosphere yes
gptkbp:has_neutron_star_companion no
gptkbp:has_optical_counterpart no
gptkbp:has_radio_pulses yes
gptkbp:has_stations about 1.4 GHz
gptkbp:has_timing_noise no
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pulsar PSR J0437-4715
gptkbp:is_considered_an_important_pulsar yes
gptkbp:is_considered_areference_pulsar yes
gptkbp:is_considered_stable yes
gptkbp:is_observed_in multiple radio telescopes
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Galactic_Disk
gptkbp:is_part_of_astrophysical_studies yes
gptkbp:is_part_of_pulsar_catalog yes
gptkbp:is_part_of_pulsar_timing_array yes
gptkbp:is_studied_for_gravitational_wave_research yes
gptkbp:is_studied_for_pulsar_timing yes
gptkbp:is_used_in_astrophysical_models yes
gptkbp:is_used_in_astrophysics_research yes
gptkbp:is_used_in_tests_of_general_relativity yes
gptkbp:is_used_in_timing_array yes
gptkbp:is_visible_from yes
gptkbp:lighting yes
gptkbp:located_in constellation Centaurus
gptkbp:mass approximately 1.4 solar masses
gptkbp:orbital_period about 5.2 days
gptkbp:perihelion gptkb:Apache_Pulsar
gptkbp:planet_name gptkb:PSR_J0437-4715_b
gptkbp:pulsar_wind_speed about 0.1c
gptkbp:pulse_frequency about 173.5 Hz
gptkbp:roll_rate 0.00576 seconds
gptkbp:width about 0.5 ms
gptkbp:xray_luminosity about 10^30 erg/s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5