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Thorne-Zytkow object - Artwork

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: a-eto99-00020

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 27 cm

A Thorne–Żytkow object is a conjectured type of star wherein a red giant or supergiant contains a neutron star at its core, formed from the collision of the giant with the neutron star. Such objects were hypothesized by Kip Thorne and Anna Żytkow in 1977.

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2017 - ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - ILLUSTRATION - MAGNETIC FIELD - NEUTRON STAR - RED GIANT - STAR - SUPERGIANT - THORNE-ZYTKOW -