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Second Pulsar in Double System

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2004

Andrew Lyne2004

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy

Shows that the companion in PSR J0737-3039 is also an observable pulsar, creating a double-pulsar laboratory.

Names involved

Andrew Lyne

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