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Post by orin stepanek » Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:34 pm

Given the fact that such an explosion is so vast; that nearby stars and their systems must be greatly affected. What kind of an affect would this have on life forms on nearby systems?
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Post by craterchains » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:06 pm

Depends upon how close another star system is to the explosion. Out here on the arm of the MW galaxy the stars are much farther apart than at the center.

It would also depend greatly on the atmospheres of the planets.

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Post by orin stepanek » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:30 am

Rotating at 30 times per second; would that tend to shed matter from the surface of the neutron star?
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Post by makc » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:50 am

craterchains wrote:It would also depend greatly on the atmospheres of the planets.
what kind of atmosphere protects from x-rays?

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Post by Empeda » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:29 am

orin stepanek wrote:Rotating at 30 times per second; would that tend to shed matter from the surface of the neutron star?
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I wouldn't have thought so, to be a neutron star there's enough gravitational energy to overcome electron degeneracy, so you'd need an extremely large amount of energy to start shedding mass...

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Post by orin stepanek » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:38 pm

Your probably right; still, spinning at 30 revolutions per second the centrifugal force must be terrific.
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