Rotation-Powered Pulsar

Highlights

• ›Powered by its own slowing spin — the Crab is the archetype

Classes, physics & objects

• Pulsar
• Neutron Star
• The Crab Pulsar
• X-ray Pulsar

Across compact objects

• Pulsar
• The Crab Pulsar
• The Vela Pulsar

Knowledge connections

• Associated withPulsar
• Associated withPulsar
• Associated withNeutron Star
• Associated withThe Crab Pulsar
• Associated withX-ray Pulsar
• Associated withThe Crab Pulsar
• Associated withThe Vela Pulsar

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.