Under What Circumstances Will A Binary Star Produce A Nova

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Under What Circumstances Will A Binary Star Produce A Nova

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A binary star will produce a nova when it is in the white dwarf stage. The white dwarf will pull materials from its binary star and these materials will then create an accretion disk around it. The accretion disk will cause the dwarf to heat up, and eventually at about 10(7) K, hydrogen will begin fusing helium. This is when the nova is most luminous.

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