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Old January 12th 19, 01:56 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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Default Neutron Star at Jupiter Core

On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 3:38:37 PM UTC-8, Herbert Glazier wrote:

My neutron star inside Jupiter's core has a mass of 74% of the Sun.


Here's the problem, Bert...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton...al_gravitation

You see, the universal law of gravitation gives us the mass of Jupiter as compared to the mass of the Sun... and it is not 74%, not even close... we know the mass of Jupiter to a very fine accuracy... here is how it's done...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...tists-measure/


Having a great imagination is fun, Bert, but it is not science...