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What is the typical size of the typical white dwarf in solar radii?
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Average is about .01 Solar Radii. Oddly enough, the higher the mass of the White Dwarf, the smaller the radius
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What is the radius of a white dwarf with a mass of 1.5 solar units?
Such a white dwarf could not exist. Above 1.4 solar masses a white dwarf will collapse to form a neutron star.
Is the sun larger than a white dwarf?
YES. A typical white dwarf star is only a bit bigger than the Earth.
Earth's mass times a white dwarf?
A white dwarf's mass is comparable to that of the Sun while its volume is comparable to that of the Earth. The Sun is 100 times larger than the Earth, so a white dwarf has a mass 100 times greater than the Earth.
How can solar radii be used to describe the sizes of star including the subgroups of white dwarf giants and supergiants?
A star's radius is the distance from it centre to its visible surface. The bigger the star, the larger the radius. The radius is not the best means of comparing stars, it is perhaps better to compare stars by their mass.
A main sequence star of less than 8 solar masses ends its life as a?
A white dwarf.
How Big Are White Dwarf Stars exact number in kilometres?
The universe is a much more complicated place than you seem to believe.The radius of a white dwarf star (I assume you mean a degenerate dwarf, not a main sequence star that happens to be white, which could also be called a "white dwarf") depends on its mass. An interesting property is that higher-mass stars have smallerradii.While we can't provide "an exact number in kilometers" (or any other unit), we can say that the majority of white dwarfs have radii between 0.008 and 0.02 solar radii (5600 to 14000 kilometers).
What is the radius of a white dwarf with a mass of 1.5 solar units?
Such a white dwarf could not exist. Above 1.4 solar masses a white dwarf will collapse to form a neutron star.
Is a white dwarf star about the size of a city?
No, a typical white dwarf star is roughly the size of the Earth.
Is the sun larger than a white dwarf?
YES. A typical white dwarf star is only a bit bigger than the Earth.
Which of these has the smallest radius a 1.2 solar mass white dwarf a 0.6 solar mass white dwarf or Jupiter?
Jupiter is far larger than the other two. White dwarfs can be treated as Fermi gasses, and have the interesting property that as their mass increases their radius decreases. So the smallest is actually the 1.2 solar mass white dwarf.
Is the moon smaller than a 1 solar mass white dwarf?
Yes. The white dwarf would be a bit bigger than the Earth.
what star is smaller neutron star or white dwarf star?
A neutron star is smaller, but has a greater mass. A typical white dwarf is about the size of a terrestrial planet. A typical neutron star is a few miles across.
Earth's mass times a white dwarf?
A white dwarf's mass is comparable to that of the Sun while its volume is comparable to that of the Earth. The Sun is 100 times larger than the Earth, so a white dwarf has a mass 100 times greater than the Earth.
How can solar radii be used to describe the sizes of star including the subgroups of white dwarf giants and supergiants?
A star's radius is the distance from it centre to its visible surface. The bigger the star, the larger the radius. The radius is not the best means of comparing stars, it is perhaps better to compare stars by their mass.
What would you be most likely to find if you returned to the solar system in 10.0 billion years?
a white dwarf
A main sequence star of less than 8 solar masses ends its life as a?
A white dwarf.
What would you most likely to find if you returned to the solar system in 10 billion years?
A white dwarf
