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Based on observations made at the Special Astrophysical Observatory, Nizhnij Arkhyz, Russia.
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...1999)[*]
The mean mass estimate of 76 CV white dwarfs is $M_{\rm WD}=0.86~M_{\odot}$ (Sion 1999). Webbink (1990) also gives statistically average masses for all systems below the period gap: $M_{\rm WD}=0.61~M_{\odot}$.
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Copyright ESO 2002