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#Mon Aug 09 12:14:31 CEST 2010
Text__3r24oKOeEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Geminga as a Magnet
Text__3r24oKOeEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=<p>Geminga is the super-dense remnant of a supernova explosion.</p<p>The animation shows the round path drawn by charged particles as they spin around the star. In light blue, the direction of Geminga rotational axis.</p<p>The zoom out shows the size of Geminga magnetic field with respect to the star size.</p<p>Last frames of the animation show Geminga magnetic poles, two hot spots with a temperature of a two-million degree, only 60 meters in radius. These hot spots are the smallest astronomical feature ever detected ouside the Solar System.  </p>