Eddington limit
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Eddington limit
C20: named after A. S. Eddington (1882–1944), English astronomer and physicist
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At that later stage, the black hole's feeding rate falls to about two percent of its Eddington limit, the point at which the outward pressure of radiation balances the inward pull of gravity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
The results point to a supermassive black hole that existed about 12 billion years ago and is accreting matter at roughly 13 times the Eddington limit, based on X-ray measurements.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026
This theoretical cap is known as the Eddington limit.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026
At the Eddington limit, the high-energy light being produced can drive almost all of the infalling matter back into space as a wind.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2025
This is called the Eddington limit, and it is thought to severely hinder the rate at which any black hole can swallow matter and grow.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2017
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