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PSR B1257+12

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Radius10 km
Surface temperature28,860 K
Distance to Earth2,316 light years
Mass2. 784 × 10^30 kg (1. 4 M☉)
Constellation Virgo
Distance2,300 ± 100 ly; (710 ± 40 pc)
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2240173
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About PSR B1257+12


PSR B1257+12, previously designated PSR 1257+12, alternatively designated PSR J1300+1240, is a pulsar located 2,300 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Virgo. It is also named Lich, after a powerful, fictional undead creature of the same name.

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