Comments about "Hulse-Taylor binary" in Wikipedia
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Introduction
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1. Discovery
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2 Star system
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The orbit has decayed since the binary system was initially discovered, in precise agreement with the loss of energy due to gravitational waves described by Einstein's general theory of relativity.
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The word precise is tricky, as if all parameters can be calculated based on observations.
The most tricky one is the loss of energy based on inspiralling neutron stars.
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3. Characteristics
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4. See also
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