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The star rotating at 500 RPS is the little one, the one whose mass is 1% of the sun and has six times the density of lead.

I believe its the Neutron star, the larger of the two, that is rotating at 30,000 RPM. The diameter is estimated at about 20km. Someone do the math!

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-mystery-unusual-neutron-star-revealed.html

14 posted on 10/27/2020 7:00:49 PM PDT by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)

To: Paradox; 17th Miss Regt

You guys are right, it’s the larger one, the neutron star.

I’m an engineer and system designer, with a Physics degree from 1974, and a lifelong fascination with God’s Uninverse and especially astronomy.

Meaning my ability to wrap my head around some really hard concepts is usually pretty good.

But I’ll admit, the amount of energy represented by something with the mass of two Suns compressed into a ~20km diameter oblate spheroid spinning at 500 RPS truly boggles my mind.

All praise, wonder, and gratitude to the Almighty Creator who made such marvelous things, and granted us the ability to discover them.

17 posted on 10/27/2020 8:01:53 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)

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