Ok kid, lets see what you got...

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et — 10/4/2005 8:16:29 PM (archived)

Make a guess as to how tall Mount Everest is on a neutron star.

Assume the height of Everest is 10 Km, the density of everest is 3g/cc (3000 Kg/m3)
For the neutron star, find a reasonable value for the acceleration due to gravity on the surface, and assume that the neutron everest is made out of titanium, normal earthbound titanium.

Please note, no vorticies are required for this assumption. Very linear thinking involved....

All in good fun, I'll do it if LJK doesn't want to... :)

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Mountains on Neutron Stars - LJK - 10/4/2005 7:27:18 PM
- Ok kid, lets see what you got... - et - 10/4/2005 8:16:29 PM
  - some background - Daniel - 10/5/2005 10:50:10 AM
    - Nice! - et - 10/5/2005 4:42:02 PM
      - that's MR Neutron to you - - Daniel - 10/6/2005 10:03:55 AM
        
        Couldn't get the pic... - et - 10/6/2005 6:44:52 PM
        
        re: Couldn't get the pic... - Daniel - 10/7/2005 2:27:07 AM
  - Sounds like the phenomenon is more about magnetic distortion than gravity. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 11:25:09 PM
    - I'm not referring directly to the article. - et - 10/5/2005 2:30:25 AM

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