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==Examples of neutron stars== [[File:Artist's concept of PSR B1257+12 system.jpg|thumb|An artist's conception of the pulsar planet [[PSR B1257+12 C]], with bright aurorae]] {{See also|Pulsar#Significant pulsars}} * [[Black Widow Pulsar]] β a millisecond pulsar that is very massive * [[PSR J0952-0607]] β the heaviest neutron star with {{Solar mass|{{val|2.35|0.17|0.17}}}}, a type of Black Widow Pulsar<ref name=blackwidow>{{Cite web |last=Croswell |first=Ken |date=2022-07-22 |title=The heaviest neutron star on record is 2.35 times the mass of the sun |url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/heaviest-neutron-star-mass-sun-record-black-holes |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Science News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Romani |first1=Roger W. |last2=Kandel |first2=D. |last3=Filippenko |first3=Alexei V. |last4=Brink |first4=Thomas G. |last5=Zheng |first5=WeiKang |date=2022-07-11 |title=PSR J0952β0607: The Fastest and Heaviest Known Galactic Neutron Star |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |volume=934 |issue=2 |pages=L17 |doi=10.3847/2041-8213/ac8007 |arxiv=2207.05124 |bibcode=2022ApJ...934L..17R |s2cid=250451299 |doi-access=free }}</ref> * [[LGM-1]] (now known as PSR B1919+21) β the first recognized radio-pulsar. It was discovered by [[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]] in 1967. * [[PSR B1257+12]] (Also known as Lich) β the first neutron star discovered with planets (a millisecond pulsar). * [[PSR B1509β58]] β source of the "Hand of God" photo shot by the [[Chandra X-ray Observatory]] * [[RX J1856.5β3754]] β the closest neutron star * [[The Magnificent Seven (neutron stars)|The Magnificent Seven]] β a group of nearby, X-ray dim isolated neutron stars * [[PSR J0348+0432]] β the most massive neutron star with a well-constrained mass, {{Solar mass|{{val|2.01|0.04}}}} * [[SWIFT J1756.9-2508]] β a millisecond pulsar with a stellar-type companion with planetary range mass (below brown dwarf) *[[Swift J1818.0-1607]] β the youngest-known magnetar
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