Centaurus X-3

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Centaurus X-3 [sen′tȯr·əs ‚eks ′thrē]

(astrophysics)

A source of x-rays that pulses with a period of 4.8 seconds and is eclipsed every 2.1 days; believed to be a binary star, one of whose members is a rotating neutron star. Abbreviated Cen X-3.

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