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Why do pulsars spin so fast?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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Because of the conservation of rotational momentum. As a stars core collapses, it retains the original rotational velocity. As a pulsar or neutron star's original size was in the region of 60,000 time greater that it's current form, the rotational speed is multiplied by this factor.

Maintaining the rotational momentum requires the star to spin faster.

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