Pulsar Spinning at an Incredible 716 Revolutions per Second
A team of astronomers at McGill University in Montreal has discovered the fastest-spinning Pulsar ever found. The 20-mile diameter superdense Pulsar, spinning at 716 revolutions per second, whirls twice as fast as the average kitchen blender.
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So, if my math is correct, the surface of this 20-mile-diameter pulsar is moving at 44,987 miles/second. That's 24% the speed of light! Yes? No?<br>
Or, on a more practical comparison, our garbage disposal travels at approximately 12% the speed of light.....
Mike:<br><br>You are correct. If Pulsars do indeed work the way astrophysicists think they do, then the angular velocity at the surface of this particular Pulsar is nearly 25% the speed of light.<br><br>It truly is incredible.<br><br>Guy Pirro
<b>"The 20-mile diameter superdense Pulsar, spinning at 716 revolutions per second, whirls twice as fast as the average kitchen blender."</b><br><br>I wonder what would happen if you put a frog in it. j/k
20 mile diameter<br>62.831 miles circumference<br><br>Spinning 716 times per second.<br><br>Speed of a point on the equator (progressively rounded off):<br><br>= 44,987 miles per second<br>= 2.699 million miles per minute<br>= 161.953 million miles per hour<br><br>It seems like it would not be a very peaceful place.<br><br>Did you know you can just put stuff into google like<br><i>44987 miles per second in miles per hour</i><br>and it gives you the answer... easier than pulling up the calculator, not sure, but always around <img class='' src='http://new.astromart.com/astromart/javascripts/sceditor/emoticons/smile.png' alt='smile' title='smile'/>
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