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13.7 Exercise 6

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A neutron star is a cold, collapsed star with nuclear density. A particular neutron star has a mass twice that of our Sun with a radius of 12.0 km. (a) What would be the weight of a 100-kg astronaut on standing on its surface? (b) What does this tell us about landing on a neutron star?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 13.7 Einstein's Theory of Gravity, exercise 6

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