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Hulse Taylor Binary Pulsar - How is "Cumulative Periastron Time shift" calculated?
Following on from a previous question about the interesting Hulse Taylor Binary Pulsar.
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Weisberg & Taylor, 2004 present a graph showing the change in "Cumulative Periastron Time Shift" ...
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Hulse-Taylor binary pulsar - what is the rate of mass/energy loss from the source?
Following on from an earlier question about the very interesting Hulse-Taylor binary pulsar. The high-frequency (radio) beam from the spinning pulsar sweeps across Earth about 17 times per second. ...
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How did the Hulse-Taylor Pulsar Provide Confirming Evidence of General Relativity?
What measurements and observations of the Hulse-Taylor Pulsar agreed precisely with the predictions of general relativity, and how did these measurements support the theory?
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