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pulsar comparison table

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binary pulsar pulsar hidden mass

Crab pulsar pulsar 0.0331 seconds NP 0532 A pulsar associated with the Crab Nebula. It has the shortest period of any known pulsar.

PSR B 1257+12 pulsar hidden mass A pulsar in the constellation Virgo and the site of the first solar system to be discovered outside our own. The planets were detected in 1991.

Vela pulsar pulsar Vela X A pulsar about 400-500 pc distant, probably associated with the Vela supernova remnant. Period 0.0892 seconds.

X-ray pulsar pulsar hidden mass Pulsar (q.v.) that radiates in the X-ray region of the spectrum. Best verified examples are Her X-1 and Cen X-3. They are thought to be rotating, strongly magnetic neutron stars of about 1 M_sun in a grazing orbit around a more massive star from which they are accreting matter.

Subject	is an instance of	has period	is a kind of	has synonym	has definition
binary pulsar			pulsar	hidden mass
Crab pulsar	pulsar	0.0331 seconds		NP 0532	A pulsar associated with the Crab Nebula. It has the shortest period of any known pulsar.
PSR B 1257+12	pulsar			hidden mass	A pulsar in the constellation Virgo and the site of the first solar system to be discovered outside our own. The planets were detected in 1991.
Vela pulsar	pulsar			Vela X	A pulsar about 400-500 pc distant, probably associated with the Vela supernova remnant. Period 0.0892 seconds.
X-ray pulsar			pulsar	hidden mass	Pulsar (q.v.) that radiates in the X-ray region of the spectrum. Best verified examples are Her X-1 and Cen X-3. They are thought to be rotating, strongly magnetic neutron stars of about 1 M_sun in a grazing orbit around a more massive star from which they are accreting matter.

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