The planet is so close to its host star, and the host star is so massive, that it is thought to have been pulled by the pulsar’s gravity into an oblong, lemon-like shape. A full year there lasts only 7.8 hours, and even the coldest points on the planet are about 650°C (1202°F). Unlike most other giant planets, the winds there blow in the opposite direction to the planet’s rotation.
To form a neutron star, the most likely path is for the star to go through a red giant phase before becoming a neutron star.
In red giant phase, the star is expected to expand. It would certainly engulf a giant planet that was close to the star, and start stripping away the volatiles in the planet's atmosphere. The planet would start spiraling in toward the core of the star
The planet is so close to its host star, and the host star is so massive, that it is thought to have been pulled by the pulsar’s gravity into an oblong, lemon-like shape. A full year there lasts only 7.8 hours, and even the coldest points on the planet are about 650°C (1202°F). Unlike most other giant planets, the winds there blow in the opposite direction to the planet’s rotation.
Journal reference: The Astrophysical Journal Letters DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae157c
Wonder if the host star is a neutron star then is it large for a neutron star or was it large before it became a neutron star ?
To form a neutron star, the most likely path is for the star to go through a red giant phase before becoming a neutron star.
In red giant phase, the star is expected to expand. It would certainly engulf a giant planet that was close to the star, and start stripping away the volatiles in the planet's atmosphere. The planet would start spiraling in toward the core of the star
And that my lord is how we know the world to be lemon shaped