Back to the articleLarge Area Telescope #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 11:50 GMT
Belonging to Fermi - that would be FLAT then ?
NASA spots 'gamma ray-only' pulsar
Probably the result of.... #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 13:36 GMT
a Planet buster dropped in a sun. That would explain the asymmetric explosion
I might be confused #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 13:36 GMT
"This will increase by one second every 87,000 years, the boffins predict, since the beams it emits are powered by its rotation and gradually put the brakes on its energetic spinning."
Should that be "this will decrease" ?
@Peyton #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 14:45 GMT
I read it as the period of rotation increasing by 1 sec per 87,000 years, i.e. it takes ever longer to rotate, so its rotational speed is slowing down. So the frequency will get less as the period gets longer?
@Peyton #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 14:47 GMT
>>"Should that be "this will decrease?"
You *must* be having a Paris moment.
As it slows down, the time period between pulses will increase.
>> >>"The calculations show that the pulsar has a rotation period of 316.86 milliseconds. This will increase by one second every 87,000 years..."
ahhh, thanks mucho #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 15:21 GMT
You're right - I was reading it as just the rotation increasing, not the rotational *period* (hey it's Friday - I'm doing the best I can here ;)
@Peyton re. ahhh, thanks... #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 17:37 GMT
The fact that you asked the question proves that your brain is working, just needed a bit of tuning up :)
@Probably the result of.... #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 19:50 GMT
... not a Thermo-stellar Triggering Device?
"Bomb number 20, you are out of the bomb bay again..."
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