Multiple Choice
There is a mass limit for a star in the white-dwarf phase,the Chandrasakhar limit,beyond which the electron degeneracy pressure can no longer support the star against its own gravity.This limit is:
A) 0.2 solar mass.
B) 30 solar masses.
C) 1.4 solar masses.
D) 14 solar masses.
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