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Last Post 10/4/2006 10:42 AM by  Mandy Hagenaar
neutron stars
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10/4/2006 8:03 AM

    Sup scientists,

    how big is a neutron star?

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    10/4/2006 10:42 AM

    A typical neutron star is the size of a small city, only 10 Kilometers in diameter but it may have the mass of as many as three suns. It is quite dense. One spoonful of neutron star material on Earth would weigh as much as all the cars on Earth put togeth er.
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    http://www.windows.ucar.e...the_universe/NS.html

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