PSR B0329+54

PSR B0329+54 is a pulsar approximately 3,460 light-years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis. It completes one rotation every 0.71452[2] seconds and is approximately 5 million years old.[3]

PSR B0329+54
Observation data
Epoch       Equinox
Constellation Camelopardalis
Right ascension  03h 32m 59.368s[1]
Declination +54° 34′ 43.57″[1]
Distance3,460 ly
(1,060 pc)
Spectral typePulsar
Other designations
Database references
SIMBADdata

The emissions of this pulsar and the Vela Pulsar were converted into audible sound by the French composer Gérard Grisey, and used as such in the piece Le noir de l'étoile (1989–90).[4][5][6]

Planetary system

In 1979, two extrasolar planets were announced to be orbiting the pulsar (being classified as pulsar planets). Later observations did not support this conclusion.[7][3][8] More recently, a 2017 analysis indicates that a long-period pulsar planet remains a possibility.[9]

The PSR B0329+54 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)		 Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)		 Orbital period
(years)		 Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 1.97 ± 0.19 M⊕ 10.26 ± 0.07 27.76 ± 0.03 0.236 ± 0.011 — —

See also

References
  1. Cutri, R. M.; et al. (June 2003), 2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources, NASA/IPAC, Bibcode:2003tmc..book.....C.
  2. Konacki, Maciej; et al. (July 1999), "Are There Planets around the Pulsar PSR B0329+54?", The Astrophysical Journal, 519 (1): L81–L84, Bibcode:1999ApJ...519L..81K, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.20.6608, doi:10.1086/312089.
  3. Konacki, Maciej; et al. (July 1999), "Are There Planets around the Pulsar PSR B0329+54?", The Astrophysical Journal, 519 (1): L81–L84, Bibcode:1999ApJ...519L..81K, doi:10.1086/312089.
  4. Re, Giuseppe del. 2000. Cosmic Dance, pp. 24–25. Templeton Foundation Press, ISBN 9781890151256
  5. Luminet, Jean-Pierre. 2011. Illuminations: Cosmos et esthétique, pp. 419–420. Odile Jacob, ISBN 9782738185938
  6. "Le Noir de l'Étoile, Gérard Grisey". IRCAM. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. Hobbs, G.; Lyne, A. G.; Kramer, M. (February 2010), "An analysis of the timing irregularities for 366 pulsars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 402 (2): 1027–1048, arXiv:0912.4537, Bibcode:2010MNRAS.402.1027H, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15938.x.
  8. Shabanova, T. V.; et al. (September 2013), "Timing Observations of 27 Pulsars at the Pushchino Observatory from 1978 to 2012", The Astrophysical Journal, 775 (1): 24, arXiv:1307.0297, Bibcode:2013ApJ...775....2S, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/775/1/2, 2.
  9. "On The Existence of Planets Around the Pulsar PSR B0329+54". E. D. Starovoit , and A. E. Rodin, (October 3, 2017).


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