Multiple Choice
Mass is transferred from a normal star in a close binary system toward a white dwarf. The material that is transferred to the white dwarf forms a rapidly growing whirlpool of material known around the white dwarf known as a(n)
A) accretion disk.
B) Lagrangian point.
C) Algol paradox.
D) planetary nebula.
E) supernova remnant.
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