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ns1@feddit.uk 13 hours agowe have assumed that Rex is comprised of a uniform nucleon fluid, with protons, neutrons and electrons in an idealised 1:8:1 ratio
This is how the author is estimating it, they are assuming 1/9th of the mass is protons. No idea how good that assumption is though, there is a source which doesn’t look the most convincing
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Whoopsie. I used to assume neutron stars are made of neutrons. It turns out Big Astronomy lied to me.
Natanael@infosec.pub 13 minutes ago
Neutron stars have so high pressure that MOST but not all protons decay into neutrons plus electrons (plus neutrinos)
Revan343@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Neutron stars are made of neutrons in the same way that tapwater is made of water molecules: primarily, but not entirely
Highlow@piefed.social 10 hours ago
I thought they were made from your mom’s dingleberries