2007-01-14 06:40:05 · 3 answers · asked by iluvcaliii06 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
That's going to depend on several factors, but it appears that the atmosphere is typically almost pure hydrogen and helium and only a few hundred meters thick. I couldn't find a figure, but perhaps these links will point you in the right direction.
2007-01-14 06:59:19 · answer #1 · answered by ~XenoFluX 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
as far as i got it a white dwarf does not have an athmosphere anymore.
theres just a cloud of escaping electrons present, and its shining is the result of radiating away energy from the collapse they underwent.
however i was more or less sure that there's no more hydrogene present, cause this was the initiating event causing a sun-like star to change burning heavier elements.
2007-01-15 16:58:15 · answer #2 · answered by blondnirvana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's probably very high
2007-01-18 04:16:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋