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by west of west
Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:03 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Dawn Before Nova (APOD 17 November 2009)
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Re: Dawn Before Nova (APOD 17 November 2009)

Triggering Ia events is not that simple but much more interesting. Observations and modeling of these Ia events show that unregulated carbon/oxygen burning takes place just prior to the Chandrasekhar limit. This conclusion was established many years (a decade?) ago. mgo Actually, according to Wheel...