A radio-quiet neutron star is a neutron star that does not seem to emit radio emissions like most other neutron stars. Most neutron stars are pulsars and emit radio radiation.Quark […]
List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2018
PSR J0537-6910
PSR J0537-6910 is a pulsar that is 4000 years old (plus light travel time to Earth) and about 170000 light years away in the southern sky. It rotates at 62 […]
CXOU J061705.3+222127
CXOU J061705.3+222127 is a neutron star. It was likely formed 30000 years ago in the supernova that created the supernova remnant IC 443. It is travelling at approximately 800000 km/h […]
4U 0614+091
4U 0614+091 is a low-mass X-ray binary star system which features a neutron star and a low-mass companion star. The binary system lies 10000 light-years away in Orion. It produces […]
Linus (moon)
(22) Kalliope I Linus is an asteroid moon that orbits the large M-type asteroid 22 Kalliope. It was discovered on August 29 2001 by astronomers Jean-Luc Margot and Michael E. […]
NGC 47
NGC 47 (also known as NGC 58 MCG -1-1-55 IRAS00119-0726 and PGC 967) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus discovered in 1886 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel. […]
1552 Bessel
1552 Bessel (alternate designation 1938 DE) is a Main Belt asteroid.It was discovered on February 24 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Finland. It was named in honor of the […]
2644 Victor Jara
2644 Victor Jara is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the Solar System. Initially it received the designation 1973 SO2. The numerical designation indicates that it was the 2644 […]
6267 Rozhen
6267 Rozhen is an asteroid. For four days between 2005 January and 2005 January it was briefly and erroneously renamed 6267 Smolyan.