Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

who gave limit to a star's mass so that it can become a black hole?

  1. schrodinger

  2. fayman

  3. chandrashekhar

  4. einstein
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar calculated the Chandrasekhar limit (~1.4 solar masses) - the maximum mass for a white dwarf star before gravitational collapse into a neutron star or black hole. Schrodinger, Feynman, and Einstein made different contributions to physics.

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