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THE period of the Vela pulsar, PSR0833–45, decreased discontinuously by approximately two parts in 106 near the beginning of October 1975, the third such event observed for this pulsar. The first1,2 occurred in March 1969, and the second3 in August 1971.
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MANCHESTER, R., Goss, W. & HAMILTON, P. Third discontinuity in the Vela pulsar period. Nature 259, 291–292 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259291a0
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