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The mass of the white dwarfincreases... ♪♪ Until it approachesa critical limit, known as...

Nova • S48E21 • 1974
The mass of the white dwarf
increases... ♪♪ Until it approaches
a critical limit, known as the Chandrasekhar
mass... and surpasses it... ♪♪

Full Transcript

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The mass of the white dwarf increases...
00:00:03.815 --> 00:00:07.094
♪♪
00:00:11.847 --> 00:00:15.493
Until it approaches a critical limit,
00:00:15.528 --> 00:00:18.398
known as the Chandrasekhar mass...
00:00:22.472 --> 00:00:24.578
and surpasses it...
00:00:24.616 --> 00:00:27.399
♪♪
Duration
28 seconds
Views
103
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:29
Uploaded
Aug 27, 2023
Season
48
Episode
21
Genres
documentary

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