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Ultra-massive white dwarf reveals 19 pulsation modes, a new record

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An international team of astronomers has detected 19 pulsation modes in an ultra-massive white dwarf known as WD J0135 +5722 .

The discovery, presented on the arXiv preprint server, makes the richest pulsating white dwarf.

Located 165.5 light years away, the white dwarf has a mass of about 1.11 solar masses and a temperature of 12,415 K.

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