The maximum mass for a _____ is 1.4 solar masses?

Question: (1) red dwarf (2) white dwarf (3) neutron star (4) black hole

Answer:
(2) white dwarf

When the mass exceeds 1.44 solar masses (the Chandrasekhar limit), degeneracy pressure can no longer support against gravitational collapse... resulting in a neutron star.

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2 white dwarf this is called the Chandrasekhar limit

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A white dwarf, this will be the fate of our sun.

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