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First solitary white dwarf Van Maanen 2: 1917 Van Maanen's star is also the nearest solitary white dwarf [5] First white dwarf with a planet WD B1620−26: 2003 PSR B1620-26 b (planet) This planet is a circumbinary planet, which circles both stars in the PSR B1620-26 system [6] [7] First singular white dwarf with a transiting object WD 1145+017 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "White dwarfs" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total.
Pastrana (Dagul as his stage name) is a Filipino dwarf actor who does roles on the children's gag show Goin' Bulilit, he is the only adult actor. [55] 1958– Canada — Jordan Prentice: Canadian actor, who appeared in In Bruges. 1973– Philippines — Noemi Tesorero: Tesorero (Mahal as her stage name) is a Filipina dwarf actress, comedian and ...
Like other white dwarfs, it is a very dense star: its mass has been estimated to be about 67% of the Sun's, [28] yet it has only 1% of the Sun's radius (1.23 times the Earth's radius). [ 7 ] [ a ] The outer atmosphere has a temperature of approximately 6,110 K , [ 28 ] which is relatively cool for a white dwarf.
Interesting Facts for Adults. 11. If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, it can result in a class 4 felony and up to 25 years in prison. ... Around 12% of people only dream in black and white. 14 ...
Timeline of neutron stars, pulsars, supernovae, and white dwarfs. Note that this list is mainly about the development of knowledge, but also about some supernovae taking place. For a separate list of the latter, see the article List of supernovae. All dates refer to when the supernova was observed on Earth or would have been observed on Earth ...
About 6% of white dwarfs show infrared excess due to a disk around a white dwarf. [66] In the past only a relative small sample of white dwarf disks was known. [67] Due to advances in white dwarf detection (e.g. with Gaia or LAMOST) and improvement of WISE infrared catalogs with unWISE/CatWISE, the number has increased to hundreds of candidates.
WD 1856+534 is a white dwarf located in the constellation of Draco.At a distance of about 25 parsecs (80 ly) from Earth, it is the outer component of a visual triple star system consisting of an inner pair of red dwarf stars, named G 229-20.