Geminga

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Geminga [′jem·iŋ·gə]

(astronomy)

A relatively nearby neutron star, about 150 parsecs (450 light-years) distant, that emits pulsed x-rays and gamma rays (making it an x-ray and gamma-ray pulsar), steady optical radiation, and possible unconfirmed radio and optical pulsations.

The term is derived from Gemini gamma-ray source.

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No references found			In the July 31 Physical Review Letters, the team suggests that the source of the electron-positron excess could be Geminga, a rapidly rotating stellar corpse known to emit gamma rays. Windows on the universe: astronomy's multiwavelength revolution ... by Cowen, Ron / Science News Fermi's first all-sky image shows gas and dust in the plane of the milky way glowing in gamma rays as well as the Crab Nebula, Vela and Geminga pulsars shining brightly. New space telescope begins to comb the cosmos by AFP / AFP American Edition Fermi's first all-sky image shows gas and dust in the plane of the milky way glowing in gamma rays as well as the Crab Nebula, Vela and Geminga pulsars shining brightly. New space telescope begins to comb the cosmos by AFP / AFP Global Edition			gelsemine Gelsenkirchen Gelsted, Otto Geltser, Ekaterina Geltser, Ekaterina Vasilevna Geltzer, Yekaterina gem Gem County Gem Cutting gem mounting gem stick Gemalli Gemara Gemariah Gemayel GEMBASE gemel gemel window Gemellology Gemier, Firmin Gémier, Firmin geminal geminate geminated Geminates Geminga Gemini Gemini space program Geminiani, Francesco Geminids geminiflorous Gemistus Pletho, Georgius Gemistus Plethon, George Gemlik, Gulf of gemma Gemma Augustea gemmation gemmho Gemmi gemmiform gemmiparous GEMMS gemmule Gemniczer, Wenzel Gemolite gemology Gempei War Gempylidae Gems gemsbok Gemsbok National Park			geminate geminate geminate Geminate consonant Geminate consonant Geminate consonant geminated geminated geminated geminated Geminated pair Geminated pair Geminated pair geminated tooth geminated tooth geminated tooth geminated tooth geminates geminates geminates geminating geminating geminating gemination gemination gemination gemination geminations geminations geminations Geminga Gemini Gemini Gemini Gemini (disambiguation) Gemini (disambiguation) Gemini Adaptive Optics System Gemini Agena Launch Vehicle Working Group Gemini Agena Target Vehicle Gemini Air Cargo Gemini Atlas/Agena Target Vehicle Gemini Deep Deep Survey Gemini Earth Station Gemini Launch Vehicle Gemini Microsystems International Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph Gemini Near Infra-Red Spectrograph Gemini Observatory Gemini Office Development Gemini program Gemini Sound and Lighting Gemini South Adaptive Optics Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager Gemini space program Gemini telescope Gemini the Twins Gemini Trusted Network Processor

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