A Compact Body Pulls Material from a Binary Companion

question 159

Multiple Choice

A compact body pulls material from a binary companion. This material plunges toward the compact body and emits X-rays. Which of these phenomena would this description NOT fit?

• A) pulsating X-ray source
• B) X-ray burster
• C) black hole in a binary system
• D) nova

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