47 Tucanae X9

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/47-tucanae-x9

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the object designation?47 Tucanae X9
2. What is the location?Globular cluster 47 Tucanae, approximately 14,700 light-years distant
3. Why does it spin so fast?It was spun up by pulling in material from a companion star or by merging with another compact star, which gave it extra speed.
4. Where is 47 Tucanae X9 located?It lives inside the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, a dense group of stars far away in the southern sky.

Millisecond Pulsar: A neutron star rotating at hundreds of times per second, emitting beams of electromagnetic radiation.
Globular Cluster: A dense, spherical collection of hundreds of thousands to millions of ancient stars orbiting a galaxy.
Neutron Star: The ultra-dense remnant of a massive star's core after a supernova explosion.
Accretion: The process by which matter falls onto a celestial object due to gravity.