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The stable period is fascinating. Celestial machinery is an actual thing.
by kristopolous 6y ago
The stable period is fascinating. Celestial machinery is an actual thing.
- kitd 6y agoEven more so when the period is at normal everyday human timescales.
- raxxorrax 6y agoAstronomy is certainly an endeavor of multigenerational patience. Mazing and frustrating at the same time.
- cgriswald 6y agoAstronomers substitute "lots and lots of similar objects at different stages of evolution" for time. Most of the timescales involved are longer than the time humans have existed on Earth and much longer than civilization.
- DrBazza 6y agoNeutron stars are interesting... "At its equator it is spinning at approximately 24% of the speed of light, or over 70,000 km per second." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_J1748%E2%88%922446ad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_J1748%E2%88%922446ad Magnetars, even more so - and can have a measurable effect on the Earth's atmosphere: https://slate.com/technology/2012/12/cosmic-blast-magnetar-explosion-rocked-earth-on-december-27-2004.html https://slate.com/technology/2012/12/cosmic-blast-magnetar-e... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGR_1806%E2%88%9220 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGR_1806%E2%88%9220