From an Observational Standpoint, What Is a Pulsar

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Multiple Choice

From an observational standpoint, what is a pulsar?

• A) A star that slowly changes its brightness, getting dimmer and then brighter, with a period of anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks.
• B) An object that emits flashes of light several times per second (or even faster), with near perfect regularity.
• C) An object that emits random "pulses" of light, sometimes with only a fraction of a second between pulses and other times with several days between pulses.
• D) A star that changes color rapidly, from blue to red and back again.

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Definitions:

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