Multiple Choice
What is an accretion disk?
A) A disk of hot gas swirling rapidly around a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole
B) Any flattened disk in space, such as the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy
C) A stream of gas flowing from one star to its binary companion star
D) A disk of material found around every white dwarf in the Milky Way Galaxy
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