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Which of the following is a small, hot star that is the leftover center of an old star?
A
white dwarf
B
red giant
C
main-sequence
D
blue pulsar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There is nothing left over except for the dense hot core of the star that has ceased its fusion processes. This leftover core is called a White Dwarf.

Detailed explanation-2: -The classification for small hot stars is white dwarf stars.

Detailed explanation-3: -The leftover center of an old star is very hot. At this stage, a star is called a white dwarf. According to astronomers, the sun will eventually become a white dwarf.

Detailed explanation-4: -White dwarfs are what is left when stars like our sun have exhausted all of their fuel. They are dense, dim, stellar corpses-the last observable stage of evolution for low-and medium-mass stars.

Detailed explanation-5: -Red dwarfs are considered the smallest star known that are active fusion stars, and are the smallest stars possible that is not a brown dwarf. This star has a size comparable to that of Saturn. Lowest mass main sequence star as in 2020.

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