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3 March 2025 at 7:50 pm #628490
Jeremy Shears
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A paper on the “Binary Parameters for the Recurrent Nova T Coronae Borealis” today reports the masses of the white dwarf and the red giant that comprise this binary system. The authors conclude that the WD mass is 1.37 +/- 0.01 M-sun. This would place it close to the Chandrasekhar instability limit.