Thanks, Chuck. Why, though, the extremely high temperatures? -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 5:49 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] White dwarfs and YOU They aren't using "burning" fuel at all any more. They are merely radiating residual energy. They are so small, that it takes billions of years for it to all radiate away. On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
can anyone succinctly describe for me the internal processes that cause white dwarves to "burn" if it isn't nuclear fusion?
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