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white dwarf

type of stellar remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter
Thing spectral_class Q5871
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Summary

white dwarf is a spectral class[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of spectral class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,655 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: stellar evolution[3], astronomical object type[4], physical theory[5]
  • Follows: post-AGB star[6]
  • Subclass of: dwarf star[7], compact object[8]
  • Part of: binary star[9]
  • Commons category: White dwarfs[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:White dwarfs[11]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/white-dwarf[12], https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/white-dwarfs[13]
  • End cause: type Ia supernova[14]
  • Different from: A-type main sequence star[15]
  • Develops from: main sequence[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

white dwarf has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → baltosios-nykstukes
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