Who is the scientist in whose honour the “Chandra” X-ray telescope has been named?
- AChandrasekhar Venkat Raman
- BJagdish Chandra Bose
- CPraffulla Chandra Roy
- DSubrahmanyan ChandrasekharCorrect
Explanation
The Chandra X ray Observatory was named in honour of the Indian American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. He was a Nobel Prize winner who is best known for determining the Chandrasekhar Limit which explains the maximum mass a white dwarf star can have before collapsing. The name Chandra also means moon or luminous in Sanskrit. This naming recognizes his foundational contributions to our understanding of the evolution and structure of stars.
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