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Chandrasekhar limit

maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star, approximately 1.4 solar masses
Thing limit Q51366
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Summary

Chandrasekhar limit is a limit[1].

Key Facts

  • Instance of: physical constant[2]
  • Named after: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar[3]
  • Part of: stellar physics[4]
  • Numeric value: 1.4 solar mass[5]
  • Facet of: star[6], white dwarf[7], type Ia supernova[8]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[9]

Related Entities

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Numeric value → {'unit': 'Q180892', 'amount': '+1.4'}
    Part of → —
    Named after → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ World of physics id: ChandrasekharMassLimit, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/45060487|Chandrasekhar Mass Limit (#45060487)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
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