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  2. PSR J1748−2446ad - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. PSR B1937+21 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Millisecond pulsar - Wikipedia

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    2. The massive star explodes, leaving a pulsar that eventually slows down, turns off, and becomes a cooling neutron star. 3. The Sun-like star eventually expands, spilling material on to the neutron star. This "accretion" speeds up the neutron star's spin. 4. Accretion ends, the neutron star is "recycled" into a millisecond pulsar.

  5. Astronomers discover fastest spinning white dwarf star - AOL

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    The white dwarf star completes a full rotation once every 25 seconds.

  6. Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit - Wikipedia

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    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).

  7. The Fastest Spinning Object Ever Could Detect the Elusive ...

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    Could it be used to detect the elusive vacuum friction?

  8. PSR J0952–0607 - Wikipedia

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    PSR J0952–0607 is a massive millisecond pulsar in a binary system, located between 3,200–5,700 light-years (970–1,740 pc) from Earth in the constellation Sextans. [6] It holds the record for being the most massive neutron star known as of 2022, with a mass 2.35 ± 0.17 times that of the Sun—potentially close to the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff mass upper limit for neutron stars.

  9. Pulsar - Wikipedia

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    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.