Pulsars cannot be spinning white dwarfs because
a. white dwarfs are not that common.
b. white dwarfs are not dense enough.
c. white dwarfs do not have magnetic fields.
d. a white dwarf spinning that fast would fly apart.
e. All of the other choices are correct.
d
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