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This illustration shows the oblate appearance of the star Achernar caused by rapid rotation. | | Achernar | star | centripetal force | equator | angular velocity | latitudes | stellar magnetic field | magnetic field | stellar wind | Doppler shift | absorption lines | This star has inclination i to the line-of-sight of an observer on the Earth and rotational velocity ve at the equator. | | inclination | right angle | giant stars | microturbulence | gravitational microlensing | starspots | centripetal force | oblate spheroid | Regulus A | Alpha Arae | Vega | Achernar | differential rotation | AB Doradus | convection | meridional flow | dynamo processes | stellar magnetic field | conservation of angular momentum | protostar | gravitational energy | centripetal force | magnetic field | stellar wind | Stellar
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| main sequence | spectral class | main sequence | binary star | order of magnitude | thermonuclear fusion | white dwarf | thermonuclear fusion | electron degeneracy pressure | planetary nebula | Chandrasekhar limit | solar masses | neutron star | Type Ia supernova | Pulsar | The neutron star (center) emits a beam of radiation from its magnetic poles. The beams are swept along a conic surface around the axis of rotation. | | neutron star | neutrons | mass of the Sun | thousand rotations per second | Pulsars | electromagnetic radiation | Rotating black hole | black hole | speed of light | 2007 | 06-24 | 2007 | 06-25 | doi | 2007 | 06-28 | doi | 2007 | 06-25 | doi | 2007 | 06-25 | doi | 2007 | 06-26 | doi | 2007 | 06-27 | doi | 2007 | 06-27 | 2007 | 07-03 | 2007 | 06-24 | 2007 | 06-27 | doi | 2007 | 06-27 | doi | 2007 | 06-26 | 2007 | 06-27 | 2007 | 06-26 | 2007 | 06-25 | ISBN 0521772184 | 2007 | 06-26 | doi | 2007 | 06-26 | doi | 2007 | 06-27 | 2007 | 06-07 | 2007 | 07-03 | ISBN 0792308816 | doi | 2007 | 07-03 | 2007 | 06-27 | 2007 | 06-27 | doi | 2007 | 06-26 | 2007 | 06-25 | 2007 | 06-26 | Categories | Stellar astronomy |
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