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Consider a pulsar, a collapsed star of extremely high density, with a mass \(M\) equal to that of the Sun (\(1.98 \times 10^{30} \text{ kg}\)), a radius \(R\) of only \(12 \text{ km}\), and a rotational period \(T\) of \(0.041 \text{ s}\). By what percentage does the free-fall acceleration \(g\) differ from the gravitational acceleration \(a_g\) at the equator of this spherical star?
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Fundamentals of Physics Extended Β· 12th Edition
Author: Halliday, Resnick & Walker
Publisher: Wiley
Chapter: Gravitation