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WHITE DWARF By Hope Alridge. THE GENERAL CYCLE OF A STAR NebulaStarRed GiantRed dwarf White dwarf Supernova Neutron Star Black Holes.

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1 WHITE DWARF By Hope Alridge

2 THE GENERAL CYCLE OF A STAR NebulaStarRed GiantRed dwarf White dwarf Supernova Neutron Star Black Holes

3 A CLOSER LOOK AT…. WHITE DWARF

4 HERE ARE SOME PICTURES…

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7 GENERAL FACTS  White Dwarfs are the remains of dead stars, the size that of the Earth and mass comparable to the Sun.  White Dwarfs are so dense that about a teaspoon full of white dwarf matter would weight 5.5 tons on our planet, Earth.  White Dwarfs are composed of hydrogen on the outer shell. Contains heavier elements, like Carbon.

8 GRAVITIES’ ROLE White Dwarfs have low volume and high mass, which makes these stars extremely dense. The gravity balancing the outwards force in these stars is the “electron degeneracy pressure”.

9 BIBLIOGRAPHY  http://www.telescope.org/pparc/res8.html http://www.telescope.org/pparc/res8.html  http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/physics/astronomy/as102-spr00/web_pages/web8.html http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/physics/astronomy/as102-spr00/web_pages/web8.html  http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/stellar_ev/stellar_ev_flash.html http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/stellar_ev/stellar_ev_flash.html  http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/science/hubble_m4wd.jpg http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/science/hubble_m4wd.jpg  http://www.brighthub.com/science/space/articles/7995.aspx http://www.brighthub.com/science/space/articles/7995.aspx


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