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Formación de una estrella de rápida rotación
This diagram shows one theory for the creation of the fastest spinning star found to date. The more massive star was once a member of a binary pair. Its rapidly aging companion star evolves and expands, spilling material onto the less evolved star. The star robbed angular momentu...
- Fecha
- Jan 1, 2011
- Misión
- Hubble Space Telescope
- ID de archivo
- hubblesite-images-2011-39-2937-image
This diagram shows one theory for the creation of the fastest spinning star found to date. The more massive star was once a member of a binary pair. Its rapidly aging companion star evolves and expands, spilling material onto the less evolved star. The star robbed angular momentum from the donor star and spun up to a rotation speed of 1 million miles per hour. The donor star explodes as a supernova and propelled the surviving star away.
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NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)
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