If an 0.8 MSUN white dwarf could accrete matter from a binary companion at a rate of 10-9 MSUN/yr, how long would it take before it exploded as a Type Ia supernova?
A) 600,000 years
B) 20 million years
C) 200 million years
D) 600 million years
E) 1 billion years
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