John F. connor, Content Marketing executive, MA, Minsk,Poland
Answered Feb 08, 2019
Neutron stars have a mass which is 1.4 times that of a sun and are city-sized stellar objects. They are commonly formed at the death of another larger sized star. As this explosion occurs, it's core continues to collapse and the gravity tends to tighten it to the extent that the protons and electrons combine to form neutrons hence the name “neutron star”.
The gravity at the surface of the neutron star is about 2×1011 (200 billion) times that of the Earth. The neutron stars in the binary system tend to merge and produces short-duration gamma-ray bursts which are likely a source for gravitational waves. The surface gravity of neutron star will be higher than that of a supergiant as it is much denser than the supergiant. But if we are looking at the gravity far from the star, then the supergiant will have more gravitational force.
The neutron star is known to be very heavy. The mass is so much i.e. 1.4 times larger than the mass of the Sun. The fact that it is so dense means that a portion of the star will be very heavy when it is placed on Earth. It is true that a neutron star will have more gravity as compared to its parents.
There are a lot of people who cannot help but become interested in the neutron star probably because of its many qualities. Astronomers know that there are some neutron stars that can be dangerous to earth because of the strong fields that they have.