Tinggui Wang Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Tinggui Wang When the debris are on our line of sight to the star, it would make the star dim, however, the [individual pieces of] debris cover only a small fraction of the sky, so the chance of being on the line of sight is small. Tinggui Wang science A white dwarf is a very compact star, as such, close to the star, the gradient of the gravitational field can be very large. Tinggui Wang science