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Cygnus X-3
(2U 2030+40)
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Cygnus X-3is a part of Cygnus2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has distance 10 kpc2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has synonym 2U 2030+402001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has discovery date 19662001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has orbital period 4.8 hour2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has definition An X-ray binary. It is also an infrared source, a cosmic ray source, and a strongly variable radio source (interstellar extinction is too high for visible light observations). It is best fitted by a model of an expanding cloud of relativistic electrons emitting synchrotron radiation around a neutron star.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
is an instance of X-ray source2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
is an instance of binary star2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
binary starhas number of stars 22001-09-27 09:30:54.0
X-ray sourcehas wavelength X-ray2001-09-27 09:30:23.0
is a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:30:23.0
star systemhas abundance half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems2001-09-27 09:30:54.0
starhas star surface temperature2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has spectral type2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has V magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has B magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has U magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has position on celestial sphere from the point of view of Earth2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has parallax from the point of view of Earth's orbit2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has proper motion2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has radiation at surface which is diffused out from the hotter core2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has energy source gravitational contraction and or fusion2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has energy production which takes place primarily within the core2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has surface density which depends on luminosity class2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has surface temperature greater than 1000 Kelvin2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has apparent magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has absolute magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has age2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has catalog star catalog2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has material hydrogen, helium2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has velocity determined from proper motion and radial velocity2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has mass greater than 0.08 the sun's mass2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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