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What did Chandrasekhar's analysis characterise the distribution of, in the interstellar medium?
Planets
Stars
Galactic gas and dust
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Galactic gas and dust are characterised by Chandrasekhar's analysis. This is a study of the distribution of interstellar matter in the Milky Way. The analysis was conducted by Indian physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar in the 1950s. Chandrasekhar's analysis showed that the interstellar medium is composed of two main components: a hot, ionized plasma and a cold, neutral medium.
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