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The limit beyond which stars suffer internal collapse is called.

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Chandrasekhar limit
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Eddington limit
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Hoyle limit
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Fowler limit
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Solution

The correct option is A Chandrasekhar limit
The greatest mass a white dwarf star can have before it goes supernova is called the Chandrasekhar limit, after astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who worked it out in the 1930s.

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