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Below is a list of high-mass neutron stars.

Name Mass
(M☉) 		Distance
(ly) 		Companion class Mass determination method Notes Refs.
PSR J1748-2021B 2.548+0.047
−0.078		 27,700 D Rate of advance of periastron. In globular cluster NGC 6440. [1][2][3][4]
4U 1700-37 2.44±0.27 6,910 ± 1,120 O6.5Iaf+ Monte Carlo simulations of thermal comptonization process. HMXB system. [5][6]
PSR J0952–0607 2.35±0.17 3,200–5,700 Substellar object Radio-measured Shapiro delay Black widow pulsar. Fastest spinning galactic pulsar. [7]
PSR J1311–3430 2.15–2.7 6,500–12,700 Substellar object Spectroscopic and photometric observation. Black widow pulsar. [8][9]
PSR J1600−3053 2.3+0.7
−0.6		 6,500 ± 1,000 D Fourier analysis of Shapiro delay's orthometric ratio. [10][11]
PSR J2215+5135 2.27+0.17
−0.15		 10,000 G5V Innovative measurement of companion's radial velocity. Redback pulsar. [12]
XMMU J013236.7+303228 2.2+0.8
−0.6		 2,730,000 B1.5IV Detailed spectroscopic modelling. In M33, HMXB system. [13]
PSR J0751+1807 2.10±0.2 6,500 ± 1,300 D Precision pulse timing measurements of relativistic orbital decay. [14]
PSR J0740+6620 2.08±0.07 4,600 D Range and shape parameter of Shapiro delay. Most massive neutron star with a well-constrained mass. [15][16][17]
PSR J0348+0432 2.01±0.04 2,100 D Spectroscopic observation and orbital decay due to radiation of gravitational waves. [10][18]
PSR B1516+02B 1.94+0.17
−0.19		 24,500 D Rate of advance of periastron. In globular cluster M5. [10][19]
PSR J1614−2230 1.908±0.016 3,900 D Range and shape parameter of Shapiro delay. In Milky Way's galactic disk. [10][11][20]
Vela X-1 1.88±0.13 6,200 ± 650 B0.5Ib Rate of advance of periastron. Prototypical detached HMXB system. [21]
PSR B1957+20 1.81±0.17 6,500 Substellar object Rate of advance of periastron. Prototype star of black widow pulsars. [22][23][24]

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References

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