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What is the mass of a white dwarf star compare to the sun?

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about half the mass of our sun

Step-by-step explanation:

white dwarfs form from the death of yellow dwarfs like our sun, the other half of the mass is ejected into space forming a stunning planetary nebula. a teaspoon of a white dwarf, is about the same mass as a car. white dwarfs are basically a large percentage of the mass of our sun, squeezed into something barely larger than earth.

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The mass of the white dwarf sun is quite similar to the sun.
The sun's mass = 1.989 × 10^30 kg.
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