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S. Chandrasekhar
Chandrasekhar Limit (White Dwarf Collapse)
Born 1910 ๐ฎ๐ณ India 1930
๐ญ Known For
1
Chandrasekhar Limit โ a star more than 1.4 solar masses cannot become a white dwarf
2
Predicted neutron stars and black holes as fate of massive stars
3
Nobel Prize in Physics (1983) โ calculated while sailing from India to England at 19
Nobel Prize 1983; key to black hole theory
Quick Facts
Field
๐ญ Astronomy
Country
๐ฎ๐ณ India
Born
1910
Key Year
1930
Invention
Chandrasekhar Limit (White Dwarf Collapse)