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Old 20-June-2005, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Melusine
What white dwarf star has almost the mass of our Sun, but is only about four times as large as Earth? Packs a punch.
Are you sure about those numbers? That seems far too large. Sirius B has nearly the mass of the sun and is roughly the size of earth. Also the maximum mass for a white dwarf is about 1.4 solar masses.
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