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Question
The limit beyond which stars suffer internal collapse is called
Options
Chandrasekher limit
Eddington limit
Hoyle limit
Fowler limit
MCQ
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Solution
Chandrasekher limit
Explanation:
The greatest mass a white dwarf star can have before it goes supernova is called the Chandrasekhar limit, after astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who worked it out in the 1930s.
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