PSR J1544+4937 is a
pulsar
A pulsar (from ''pulsating radio source'') is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation out of its magnetic poles. This radiation can be observed only when a beam of emission is pointing toward Ea ...
and gamma-ray source. A
millisecond pulsar, it has a very short rotation period of 2.16 milliseconds.
[ It has a planet or brown dwarf, ]PSR J1544+4937 b
PSR may refer to:
Organizations
* Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, US
* Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research
* Physicians for Social Responsibility, US
;Political parties:
* Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal) ( ...
.
See also
* Black Widow Pulsar
The Black Widow Pulsar (PSR B1957+20) is an eclipsing binary millisecond pulsar in the Milky Way. Discovered in 1988, it is located roughly away from Earth. It orbits with a brown dwarf or Super-Jupiter companion with a period of 9.2 hou ...
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