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X-ray pulsar  

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  • X-ray pulsars or accretion-powered pulsars are a class of astronomical objects that are X-ray sources displaying strict periodic variations in X-ray intensity. The X-ray periods range from as little as a fraction of a second to as much as several minutes. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_pulsar)

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