A Nova Is the Result of Which Explosive Situation

question 34

Multiple Choice

A nova is the result of which explosive situation?

• A) mass transfer onto a white dwarf
• B) helium burning in a degenerate stellar core
• C) a white dwarf which exceeds the Chandrasekhar limit
• D) the collision of members of a binary system
• E) runaway nuclear reactions in the core

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