What Is a White Dwarf

question 35

Multiple Choice

What is a white dwarf?

• A)It is a main-sequence star of spectral type F,which tends to look white in color.
• B)It is the remains of a star that ran out of fuel for nuclear fusion.
• C)It is a type of star that produces energy by gravitational contraction.
• D)It is a star that follows a period-luminosity relation.

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