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Double Pulsar Discovery

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

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Chronological records

2003

Marta Burgay2003

Australia · Science / Astronomy

Leads discovery of PSR J0737-3039, the first known double-pulsar system.

Names involved

Marta Burgay

Provenance

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