The nearest neutron star (a collapsed star made primarily

Chapter 1, Problem 1.3.63

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The nearest neutron star (a collapsed star made primarily of neutrons) is about 3.00 3 1018 m away from Earth. Given that the Milky Way galaxy (Fig. P1.63) is roughly a disk of diameter , 1021 m and thickness , 1019 m, estimate the number of neutron stars in the Milky Way to the nearest order of magnitude.

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