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Very well done So pulsars are not regular at the tick level as they can spin faster and slower but have 100 nanoseconds accuracy (Way worse than an atomic cloc
by aaron695 3y ago
Very well done
So pulsars are not regular at the tick level as they can spin faster and slower but have 100 nanoseconds accuracy (Way worse than an atomic clock) when doing an average profile -
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/p/Pulsar+Timing https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/p/Pulsar+Timing
This is a cool line -
"In effect this allows changes in the relative distance between the pulsar and Earth to be computed to an accuracy of 30 metres (~100 feet)"