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Originally Posted by sjastro
A spinning object has an angular velocity. The speed of light is a linear velocity.
The dimensions of angular velocity is L(0)T(-1). L(0) is dimensionless.
The dimensions of linear velocity is L(1)T(-1). L is length, T is time.
Expressing an angular velocity in terms of a linear velocity makes no sense at all.
Regards
Steven
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Quite correct there Steven. I should've included "25% of C at the surface of the hypothesized equator of this hypothetical star"? This would be a tangental.
But i think you see where we are going with this. None the less a valid clarification there.
"Postulating this theory as an explanation for observed pulsar emissions is far less of a stretch of one's sense of reality than proposing that an incredibly massive star rotates with the speed of a dentist's drill. Healy & Peratt"
So xray pulsars are up to what now? 20,000+... 60,000 RPM? cmon.