Crab pulsar
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See Crab nebula.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
Crab pulsar
[′krab ′pəl‚sär] (astronomy)
A pulsar found in the center of the Crab Nebula with a period of about 0.033 second and that emits radiation at all wavelengths from the radio to the x-ray region.
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