Przybylski’s star is an extremely slow rotator, study finds

On: May 1, 2018

European astronomers have conducted a study of Przybylski’s star and found that it takes almost 200 years to fully rotate on its own axis. The finding, which could have implications for the understanding of chemically peculiar stars, is reported April 19 in a paper published on the arXiv pre-print repository.

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