neutron stars

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:age can be millions of years
gptkbp:atmosphere thin plasma
gptkbp:canAccrete matter from companion star
gptkbp:canBe gptkb:magnetar
pulsar
gptkbp:canCollapseInto 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 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label neutron stars
gptkbp:magneticFieldStrength very strong
gptkbp:mass about 1.4 times the Sun
gptkbp:mayInclude planets (rarely)
gptkbp:mergerProduces supernova
gravitational waves
gptkbp:namedAfter neutron
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:anomalous_X-ray_pulsar
gptkb:millisecond_pulsar
gptkb:soft_gamma_repeater
binary star system
gptkbp:remnants 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
gptkb:Virgo_Collaboration
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4