Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   I wouldn't want such an object anywhere near me... :P

> "Dragon's Egg" by Robert Forward. Very cool book.

> Always neat to read sci-fi set in exotic locations (like in orbit around a 
> neutron star) written by someone who actually understands the physics of it.

  Assuming a neutron star of something like 2 times the mass of the Sun,
with no accretion disc and radio-quiet (ie. it's not a pulsar), would it
be considerably different from orbiting a regular star?

  Of course another question is whether such a "peaceful" neutron star
can form in practice...

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                                                          - Warp

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