Astronomers find a “cataclysmic” pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet: The stars circle each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction news.mit.edu Submitted by Additional-Two-7312 t3_xxitcw on October 6, 2022 at 10:53 PM in science 29 comments 247
GaussWanker t1_irdp7aq wrote on October 7, 2022 at 7:19 AM Reply to comment by Chknbone in Astronomers find a “cataclysmic” pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet: The stars circle each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction by Additional-Two-7312 Wikipedia says 461 km/s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZTF_J1813%2B4251 Permalink Parent 6 [deleted] t1_iremwab wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:11 PM [removed] Permalink Parent 1 yoda_jedi_council t1_irf4s0p wrote on October 7, 2022 at 4:27 PM Disappointing, I was expecting speeds akin to a pulsar surface rotation speed. Permalink Parent 1
yoda_jedi_council t1_irf4s0p wrote on October 7, 2022 at 4:27 PM Disappointing, I was expecting speeds akin to a pulsar surface rotation speed. Permalink Parent 1
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