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bobypop

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What element are white dwarfs made of? Why?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Identify the falsiable statement below.
 
  A) President Kennedy's murder was orchestrated by an undetectable shadow government of the United States.
  B) The Sun is at the center of the solar system.
  C) The laws of nature are magnicent and beautiful.
  D) The universe was created by God.


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dmurph1496

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

White dwarfs consist mainly of carbon, the product of the triple alpha process. Its gravitational contraction is not sufficient to make the 600 million K needed to fuse two carbon nuclei.

Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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