A white dwarf is:______.
a. a hot but very small main-sequence star with a mass of less than 1.4 solar masses.
b. the name for the singularity at the center of a black hole.
c. a cool and very small main-sequence star with a mass of less than 1.4 solar masses.
d. the exposed core of a dead star, supported by neutron degeneracy pressure.
e. the exposed core of a dead star, supported by electron degeneracy pressure.