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>>Mind you, this is nothing compared to what happens if even a mere pebble hits a neutron star! What would happen if a pebble hit a neutron star? I'd like to i
by kamaal 5y ago
>>Mind you, this is nothing compared to what happens if even a mere pebble hits a neutron star!
What would happen if a pebble hit a neutron star? I'd like to imagine the pebble would vaporize at contact or even before it(temperature/radiation etc)?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star
The neutron star's gravity accelerates infalling matter to tremendous speed. The force of its impact would likely destroy the object's component atoms, rendering all the matter identical, in most respects, to the rest of the neutron star.
- jiggawatts 5y agoThe escape velocity of a Neutron star is comparable to a black hole, so something like 1/2 of the speed of light. So a 10 gram pebble hitting a Neutron star releases about the same energy as a 100 ton asteroid hitting Jupiter.