The 2004 Discovery of Two Pulsars in Orbit Around Their

question 21

Multiple Choice

The 2004 discovery of two pulsars in orbit around their common center of mass is significant because it gives a unique opportunity to study some of the predictions of:

• A) Kepler's laws.
• B) the theory of angular momentum.
• C) general relativity.
• D) Wein's displacement law.

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