neutron stars

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/neutron_stars

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:age	can be millions of years
gptkbp:atmosphere	thin plasma
gptkbp:canAccrete	matter from companion star
gptkbp:canBe	gptkb:pulsar gptkb:magnetar
gptkbp:canCollapseInto	gptkb:black_hole
gptkbp:canMerge	another neutron star
gptkbp:composedOf	gptkb:neutrons
gptkbp:density	extremely high
gptkbp:diameter	about 20 kilometers
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
gptkbp:emits	gptkb:X-rays gptkb:gamma_rays
gptkbp:firstObserved	1967
gptkbp:form	binary system
gptkbp:foundIn	gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:hasCoreCity	superfluid neutrons
gptkbp:hasCrust	gptkb:stone
gptkbp:hasEquationOfState	gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:hasEscapeVelocity	about 0.4c
gptkbp:hasGravitationalField	extremely strong
gptkbp:hasGravitationalLensing	observable
gptkbp:hasGravitationalRedshift	significant
gptkbp:hasLightCurve	periodic
gptkbp:hasMomentOfInertia	very high
gptkbp:hasNo	fusion reactions planetary system (usually)
gptkbp:hasPopulation	estimated 100 million in Milky Way
gptkbp:hasSpinPeriod	milliseconds to seconds
gptkbp:hasTidalEffects	strong
gptkbp:magneticFieldStrength	very strong
gptkbp:mass	about 1.4 times the Sun
gptkbp:mayInclude	planets (rarely)
gptkbp:mergerProduces	gptkb:supernova gravitational waves
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:neutron
gptkbp:observedBy	gptkb:anomalous_X-ray_pulsar gptkb:millisecond_pulsar gptkb:soft_gamma_repeater gptkb:binary_star_system
gptkbp:remnants	gptkb:supernova
gptkbp:rotationPeriod	rapidly
gptkbp:studiedBy	gptkb:X-ray_telescopes radio telescopes
gptkbp:studiedIn	astrophysics
gptkbp:surfaceGravity	very strong
gptkbp:temperature	about 600,000 K
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Fermi-Dirac_statistics gptkb:Fermi_gas
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	neutron stars