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PSR J1748−2446ad is the fastest-spinning pulsar known, at 716 Hz (times per second), [2] or 42,960 revolutions per minute.This pulsar was discovered by Jason W. T. Hessels of McGill University on November 10, 2004, and confirmed on January 8, 2005.
Spinning roughly 641 times per second, it remains the second fastest-spinning millisecond pulsar of the approximately 200 that have been discovered. [7] Pulsar PSR J1748-2446ad , discovered in 2004, is the fastest-spinning pulsar known, as of 2023, spinning 716 times per second.
Fastest spinning galactic pulsar. [8] PSR J1311–3430: 2.15–2.7: ... Quark star; References This page was last edited on 9 February 2025, at 16:34 ...
The white dwarf star completes a full rotation once every 25 seconds.
Until the discovery of PSR J1748-2446ad in 2006, which spins 716 times per second, PSR B1937+21 was the fastest spinning neutron star known. [29] At the time of its discovery, PSR B1937+21 extended the range of periods observed in pulsars by a factor of 20, it also extended the range of magnetic fields observed by a factor of 100, [ 30 ] with a ...
Could it be used to detect the elusive vacuum friction?
The fastest-spinning neutron star known is PSR J1748-2446ad, rotating at a rate of 716 times per second [17] [18] or 43,000 revolutions per minute, giving a linear (tangential) speed at the surface on the order of 0.24c (i.e., nearly a quarter the speed of light).
The more massive star explodes first, leaving behind a neutron star. If the explosion does not kick the second star away, the binary system survives. The neutron star can now be visible as a radio pulsar, and it slowly loses energy and spins down. Later, the second star can swell up, allowing the neutron star to suck up its matter.