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lb_gilbert

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What is the importance of 1.4 solar masses in stellar evolution?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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You can find the tilt of Earth's axis by measuring the angle between your horizon and the North Star.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

1.4 solar masses is the Chandrasekhar Limit. While dwarfs less massive than Chandrasekhar's Limit can remain stable by gravitational contraction for billions of years; above that limit, electron degeneracy will fail to stop the contraction, and the white dwarf will blow up as a Type I supernova, or collapse to a neutron star in a Type II supernova.

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