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Re:Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with or... by SubiculumCode on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:21PM (#23664369)
Is it fair to say that leading hypotheses for this kinds of events include an orbiting body, leading to the periodicity?
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Re:Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with or... by jrichardshaw on Sunday June 28, 2020 @12:45PM (#23670041)
Yeah, that's definitely one of the main hypotheses. There aren't any other repeating FRBs known to do this yet, so how general a mechanism this is, is not known.
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