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# Long description

This graph illustrates the relationship between the mass and radius of degenerate stellar remnants. The horizontal axis is labelled ‘M over M subscript solar’ and ranges from 0 to 3 in increments of 0.5 units increasing to the right. The vertical axis is labelled ‘radius in kilometres’ and ranges from 1 to 10000 in logarithmic spacing increasing upwards. A grey curve labelled ‘Schwarzschild radius of black hole’ starts from (0.75, 3), curves up slightly, and ends at (3, 10). A blue curve labelled ‘neutron star’ starts from (0.2, 30), and ends at (2.5, 10). The blue and grey curves intersect at a point labelled ‘TOV limit’ at (2.5, 10). A red curve labelled ‘white dwarf’ starts from (0.1, 10000), and ends at (1.4, 800). (1.4, 800) is labelled ‘Chandrasekhar limit’.