To: LibWhacker
IIRC the total mass of a neutron star is far greater than the mass of the sun. If that is correct then we would already know because we know, at least comparitively, what the solar mass is.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, my education in this area comes almost exclusively from Discovery networks.
5 posted on
11/19/2003 9:25:07 AM PST by
Ispy4u
To: Ispy4u
You're correct. We know (and have known for some years) the masses of the Sun and other planets.
137 posted on
03/13/2005 8:10:31 PM PST by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Ispy4u; RadioAstronomer; ThinkPlease; Doctor Stochastic; Physicist
IIRC the total mass of a neutron star is far greater than the mass of the sun. Last I knew, the minimum mass to even FORM a neutron star is 1.4 solar masses. Since the sun is by definition one solar mass, it would be pretty hard to hide a neutron star inside it without somebody noticing there's >2.4 solar masses where we thought there was only one.
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