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Density and Rotational Period of a Pulsar
Most stars in the mass range between 1.4 and 8 solar masses will end up as a neutron star. As a star collapses, the pressure is so great that individual protons and electrons combine to form neutrons and ultimately a neutron star whose density is so great a thimble full would weigh as much as 10 billion tonnes. These activities measure the density of Solar system objects.
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Stephen Broderick
2014
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