Consider a pulsar, a collapsed star of extremely high density, with a mass M equal to that of the Sun (1.98 x 1030 kg), a radius R ofonly 16.9 km, and a rotational period T of 0.0506 s. By what percentage does the free-fall acceleration g differ from the gravitationaacceleration ag at the equator of this spherical star?NumberUnitsUse correct number of significant digits; the tolerance is +/-2%

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