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Strange star stumps astronomers CSIRO Media Release – 15 May 2008
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| The Arecibo telescope (aerial view) Arecibo Observatory is a facility of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center which is operated by Cornell University under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. |
Orbital Comparison with the solar system:This diagram shows a comparison of the sizes and strangely elliptical shapes of the orbits of the pulsar J1903+0327 and its possible Sun-like companion star with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. The sizes of the Sun and the possible companion star have been exaggerated by a factor of about 10, while that of the Earth has been exaggerated by a factor of 1000. The pulsar, with its magnetic field and beams of radiation, is too large by a factor of about 1000,000. |
 Image credit – NAIC – Arecibo Observatory, a facility of the NSF |
 Image credit – Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF |
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