We've spotted a planet surviving its dying star

Re:We've spotted a planet surviving its dying star by hinkley on Friday October 15, 2021 @01:13PM (#28880198)

Would the magnetic fields of a neutron star create a tidal locking effect through eddy currents in the planet’s core, boosting it into a larger orbit and slowing the spin of the star? Seems like a giant inside out induction motor.

I wonder what the band of survival is, where the planet doesn’t get turned to Swiss cheese first.

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Re:We've spotted a planet surviving its dying star by denton-scratch on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:13PM (#28881022)

I have no idea what the neighbourhood of a neutron star is like, nor what the effects of such intense fields might be. This is theoretical physics and cosmology. I'm not competent even to speculate.

Yes, I get the "induction motor" idea. With fields and voltages that intense, I guess just about anything becomes conductive.

[Edit] I don't know whether those field strengths are consistent with atoms continuing to be atoms - I guess there must be some range beyond which a thing like a planet could maintain its integrity. But (guessing wildly) I would expect there to be a region around a neutron star within which it is impossible for atoms to exist.

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