what is a white dwarf?
Asked by prakamya | 17th Nov, 2009, 07:15: PM
Expert Answer:
White dwarf
A star that has exhausted most or all of its nuclear fuel and has collapsed to a very small size. Typically, a white dwarf has a radius equal to about 0.01 times that of the Sun, but it has a mass roughly equal to the Sun's. This gives a white dwarf a density about 1 million times that of water.
Answered by | 17th Nov, 2009, 08:54: PM
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