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itsmyluck

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on: Jul 27, 2018
How can prolonged observations of pulsars yield their approximate age?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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The angular resolution of an 8 inch diameter telescope is ________ times greater than that of a 2 inch diameter telescope.
 
  A) 8 B) 2 C) 16 D) 4 E) 9


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

Unless being fed mass from a companion, the pulsars must eventually slow down as their magnetic fields impart spin energy outward in the form of the observed pulses; if the rate they are slowing down is carefully studied, it may tell us when they were spinning much faster, newly hatched from the supernova birth.

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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