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science
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: webweaverlady-ga List Price: $4.00 |
Posted:
17 Jul 2003 13:29 PDT
Expires: 16 Aug 2003 13:29 PDT Question ID: 232142 |
Considering that it would have no source of internal energy to provide the high temperatures and pressures required to support it against the force of gravity, would such a star be large or small? Why? |
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Re: science
Answered By: wonko-ga on 17 Jul 2003 13:53 PDT Rated: ![]() |
Once a star has largely died out, it is small. "As a star like the Sun ages, it exhausts the hydrogen that fuels its nuclear fusion, and increases in size to become a red giant. Then it ejects its outer layers into space, producing a planetary nebula. The remnant star at the center of the nebula gradually dies away as a white dwarf." "A Dying Star in Globular Cluster M15" The Hubble Heritage Project Sincerely, Wonko |
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Re: science
From: mrsneaky-ga on 17 Jul 2003 14:10 PDT |
I would add that gravity is actually a very feeble force. If it was "strong" relatively speaking (no pun intended), we wouldn't be able to walk. Electromagnetic forces and strong and weak nuclear forces are much stronger. |
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