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These objects typically have slightly more mass than the [[Sun]], but are only about 10 km in radius. A neutron star has intense gravity, and may also have an intense magnetic field and fast rotational component. | These objects typically have slightly more mass than the [[Sun]], but are only about 10 km in radius. A neutron star has intense gravity, and may also have an intense magnetic field and fast rotational component. | ||
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Revision as of 19:13, February 22, 2008
A neutron star is a collapsed star of extremely high density.
These objects typically have slightly more mass than the Sun, but are only about 10 km in radius. A neutron star has intense gravity, and may also have an intense magnetic field and fast rotational component.