White dwarf stars are produced by the collapse of regular stars, such as our sun, toward the end of their normal life. Suppose a star initially has the same mass as our sun and the same radius as that of the sun. Suppose further that it collapses into a white dwarf with a radius of 5000km. If the initial period of the star is the same 27 day period of our sun, what is the resulting period of the white dwarf?

White dwarf stars are produced by the collapse of regular stars, such as our sun, toward the end of their normal life. Suppose a star initially has the same mass as our sun and the same radius as that of the sun. Suppose further that it collapses into a white dwarf with a radius of 5000km. If the initial period of the star is the same 27 day period of our sun, what is the resulting period of the white dwarf?

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Chapter13: Gravitation

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