Relativistic star

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VFTS 102 is the most rapidly rotating star ever found - ~ 200 times faster than the sun, or with a speed of 447 kilometres per second (1,610,000 km/h)[1][2]

A relativistic star is a rotating

radio pulsars, which consist of rotating neutron stars. Rotating supermassive stars are a hypothetical form of a relativistic star.[3] Relativistic stars are one possible source to allow gravitational waves
to be studied.

Another definition of a relativistic star is one with the

explode. This instability is believed to limit the mass of main-sequence stars to a couple of hundred solar masses or so. Stars of this size and larger are able to directly collapse into a black hole of either intermediate or supermassive size.[4]

References

  1. ^ "VLT Finds Fastest Rotating Star". ESO Science Release. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Fastest Rotating Star Found in Neighboring Galaxy". Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  3. ISBN 9780521514071
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  4. ^ Nikolaos Stergioulas (2003-03-07). "Rotating Stars in Relativity".

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