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I wrote a paper in the physics department's student newspaper at my school, which described why, in my opinion, I considered a neutron star's surface as the smoothest surface in the universe, I considered the space between the particles at the surface (thousands of times smaller than at TPN conditions on Earth), the degeneracy pressure that makes such a surface possible and the fact that a body whose gravity at the surface makes for a relativistic escape speed wouldn't allow for much in the way of ruts. And I made an addendum pertaining to rotation, explaining that, with rotational factors added, it's actually the poles of a neutron star that are its smoothest points.
Of course I meant that as a joke but perhaps does it have some merit?
Perhaps am I completely off as I am no expert in condensed matter or astrophysics but what do you think?
Of course I meant that as a joke but perhaps does it have some merit?
Perhaps am I completely off as I am no expert in condensed matter or astrophysics but what do you think?