College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 6, Problem 31P
Neutron stars, such as the one at the center of the Crab Nebula, have about the same mass as our sun, but a much smaller diameter. If you weigh 675 N on the earth, what would you weigh on the surface of a neutron star that has the same mass as our sun and a diameter of 20.0 km?
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