Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Science

eppur_se_muova

(42,507 posts)

2. Sounds like it's inflating and deflating, or wobbling between prolate and oblate spheroids ...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 11:03 PM

Aug 2019

... like a spinning skater, bringing their his/her arms in and out.

It's interesting that some atomic nuclei do this, so it might not be unexpected in a neutron star, which is basically a big ball of nucleons.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

2 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Weird Star Slows Down Before 'Glitching,' and No One Knows Why [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2019 OP

Interesting. Perhaps an uneven balance of materials on its surface slows it down before it 'burps'? SWBTATTReg Aug 2019 #1

Sounds like it's inflating and deflating, or wobbling between prolate and oblate spheroids ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2019 #2