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abbot
An abbot is the monk who is in charge of the other monks in a monastery or abbey. -
chandrasekhar
Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983 -
chandrasekhar limit
the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf, equal to 1.44 solar masses. A star having a mass above this limit will continue to collapse to form a neutron star -
jeans
born 1921, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000. -
lemaître
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist. -
penzias
Arno Allan, born 1933, U.S. astrophysicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in physics 1978.