Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Part 1 Genesis of the Sun and Solar Nebula
- Part 2 Emergence of the Sun's Family
- Part 3 Solar System Past and Present
- Part 4 End of an Era
- Present-day–10 900 million years: Main Sequence
- 10 900–11 600 million years: Subgiant Phase
- 11 600–12 233 million years: Red Giant Phase
- 12 233–12 365 million years: Helium Burning and Second Red Giant Phase
- 12 365 million years: Planetary Nebula Phase
- 12 365 million years: White Dwarf
- Hundreds of billions of years: Black Dwarf
- Time unknown: End of an Era … Start of an Era
- Glossary
- Index
12 365 million years: White Dwarf
from Part 4 - End of an Era
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Part 1 Genesis of the Sun and Solar Nebula
- Part 2 Emergence of the Sun's Family
- Part 3 Solar System Past and Present
- Part 4 End of an Era
- Present-day–10 900 million years: Main Sequence
- 10 900–11 600 million years: Subgiant Phase
- 11 600–12 233 million years: Red Giant Phase
- 12 233–12 365 million years: Helium Burning and Second Red Giant Phase
- 12 365 million years: Planetary Nebula Phase
- 12 365 million years: White Dwarf
- Hundreds of billions of years: Black Dwarf
- Time unknown: End of an Era … Start of an Era
- Glossary
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Story of the Solar System , pp. 138 - 139Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2002