Question

Which of these properties of a star best determines whether it would end up as a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole?

mass
density
brightness
temperature

Answer 1

Mass. they are all end of the line in stellar evolution, small stars like our sun end up as a white dwarf, pretty big stars will end up as neutron stars, and the big ones end up as a black hole (generally speaking).

Answer 2

thanks, for some reason i couldn't figure this out

Answer 3

no problem :)