Loose Leaf For Explorations:  Introduction To Astronomy
Loose Leaf For Explorations: Introduction To Astronomy
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781260432145
Author: Thomas T Arny, Stephen E Schneider Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The stars which are red giant and white dwarfs.

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Indicate whether the following statements are true or false.   (Select T-True, F-False. If the first is T and the rest F, enter TFFFFF). A) White dwarfs are small dense objects about the size of the Earth.   B) White dwarfs are composed mostly of hydrogen.   C) A planetary nebula forms when a star violently explodes.   D) A planetary nebula is the remnant of the outer envelope of a star.   E) A white dwarf is the remnant of the star's core visible after the outer layers have been ejected.
One way to calculate the radius of a star is to use its luminosity and temperature and assume that the star radiates approximately like a blackbody. Astronomers have measured the characteristics of central stars of planetary nebulae and have found that a typical central star is 16 times as luminous and 20 times as hot (about 110,000 K) as the Sun. Find the radius in terms of the Sun’s. How does this radius compare with that of a typical white dwarf?
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