Multiple Choice
A white dwarf that exceeds the Chandresekhar limit ____.
A) will collapse to form a neutron star
B) will explode as a nova, and may repeat the cycle over time
C) is completely destroyed by carbon deflagration
D) breaks apart and forms an excretion disk
E) becomes a degenerate object
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