620 TONS PER CUBIC INCH.
Observers at Mount Wilson Observatory, California, have reported the discovery of a new "white dwarf star, which, although it is only one-third the size of the earth, has such density that it weighs 620 tons -per cubic inch, ha# an atmosphere only 12ft thick, and a gravity 3,400,000 times stronger than that of the earth. With a temperature of 28,000 degrees C., the star's atoms lose their electrons and crowd closer together, to emit gas much heavier than anything obtained on the earth. A tennis ball filled with the gas would weight ovei* 1000 tons and a man weighing 1501b on the earth would weight 254,025 tons on the star, where such a gravity pull would collapse the human body and spread it like water. The star's density is so great that its tidal pull would shatter any large stars which might happen within its reach.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 23
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151620 TONS PER CUBIC INCH. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 23
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