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SGR 0501+4516

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SGR 0501+4516 is one of 15 known magnetars, or soft gamma repeaters (SGR), and is an ancient stellar remnamnt. It is located approximately 15,000 light years from earth and has a magnetic field 100 trillion times stronger than the Earth’s.[1]

Discovery

It was discovered on Aug. 22, 2008, by NASA's Swift satellite, which reported numerous blasts of radiation from the object.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/magnetar_europe.html
  2. ^ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/magnetar_europe.html
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