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PSR J0348+0432 is a neutron star in a binary system with a white dwarf. It was discovered in 2007 with the Green Bank Telescope in a drift-scan survey.In 2013 a mass measurement for this neutron star was announced: . This measurementwas done with a combination of radio timing and precise spectroscopy of the white dwarf companion.This is slightly higher but statistically indistinguishable from the mass of PSR J1614-2230 which was measured using the Shapiro delay.

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