What Is the Chandrasekhar Limit

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Multiple Choice

What is the Chandrasekhar limit?

• A) the time limit of the existence of a planetary nebula, beyond which the nebula dissipates and becomes too rarified to see
• B) the time limit for the transfer of mass to a white dwarf in a close binary system, beyond which the white dwarf erupts in a nova
• C) the mass limit to the total mass of a white dwarf, beyond which it will erupt in a nova
• D) the mass limit to the total mass of a white dwarf, beyond which the electron degeneracy pressure will be overcome and the core will collapse

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