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Zoey63294

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on: Jul 27, 2018
Why does our theory predict that neutron stars will spin rapidly?
 
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Hadar has an apparent visual magnitude of 0.6 and an absolute visual magnitude of 5.4 . Its distance is 102.2 pc.
 
  a. True
  b. False
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micaelaswann

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The principle of conservation of angular momentum predicts that neutron stars should spin rapidly. All stars rotate because they form from swirling clouds of interstellar matter. As a star collapses, it must rotate faster because it conserves angular momentum. A collapsing star must spin faster as it pulls its matter closer to its axis of rotation. You might expect that collapsed core of a massive star to rotate in the range of 10 to 1000 times a second.

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