A neutron star is so dense that one teaspoon (5 milliliters) of its material would have a mass over 5.5×10^12 kg (that is 1100 tonnes per 1 nanolitre), about 900 times the mass of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Hence, the gravitational force of a typical neutron star is such that if an object were to fall from a height of one meter, it would only take one microsecond to hit the surface of the neutron star, and would do so at around 2000 kilometers per second, or 7.2 million kilometers per hour.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:38:10 +0000
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