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Magnetar orbiting a black hole or something.
by Florin_Andrei 6y ago
Magnetar orbiting a black hole or something.
- valuearb 6y agoAnd we know it’s a 157 day orbit.
- ccozan 6y agoCould be a tidal lock of a pulsar around a black hole. We only get the milisecond because the black hole is obscuring the burst pointing to us. Otherwise the beam is not pointed at us. (P)--->---- ( BH ) ----> ( Solar System )
- scns 6y agoDid you mean a Pulsar?
- Florin_Andrei 6y agoThey're all neutron stars. Magnetars are young and make some of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe. Pulsars are old and weak, and make regular beeps if you're watching them from the right place. They're probably on a spectrum, as opposed to rigidly separated categories. There's a hypothesis that the fast radio bursts like the ones detected here might be produced by magnetars.