Until they become a black dwarf, they start very hot and cool off during billions of years. --- chuck.hards@gmail.com wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] White dwarfs and YOU Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:48:35 -0700 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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