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Asked by issiphee1 to Iain, Jo, Leo on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: General.
Question: How much would a thimbleful of a neutron star weigh out of interest?
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Iain Moal answered on 24 Jun 2010:
It depends on which part of the neutron star you were weighting. Assuming that a thimblefull is about one cubic centimeter, then with the density of the crust of a neutron star, it would weight about a tonne. However, if we were to take the core of the neutron star, it would be a lot heavier, around 100 billion tonnes, which is about the weight of 1000 mount everests.
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Leo Garcia answered on 24 Jun 2010:
A neutron star has a density of around 3.7×10^17 kg/m^3. Let’s say a thimble holds about 1cm^3 of water. So the weight of a thimble full of neutron star is:
3.7×10^17 x 1×10^-6 = 3.7×10^11 kg
Which is around the mass of about 12 million elephants.
Comments
letstakeajourney commented on :
what is a neutron star?
Jo commented on :
Good question! I don’t know what one is either.
x9hayley4x commented on :
a neutron star is a star that is made up completely of neutrons and it can be formed as the result of the gravitational collapse of a massive star 😀
letstakeajourney commented on :
what are neutrons??
letstakeajourney commented on :
and good luck jo!!!!