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  1. 1910- . Indian-born US astrophysicist, who
  2. made pioneering studies of the structure and
  3. evolution of stars. The Chandrasekhar limit
  4. of 1.4 Suns is the maximum mass of a white
  5. dwarf before it turns into a neutron star.
  6. Born in Lahore, he studied in Madras, India,
  7. and Cambridge, England, before emigrating to
  8. the USA. He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize
  9. for Physics.
  10.