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magmichele12

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on: Jul 27, 2018
Why are all spiral tracers young?
 
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Most stars generate their energy by the thermonuclear fusion of ___________________ _ to form ___________________ _.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
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Spiral tracers are young objects, formed recently, astronomically speaking. O stars, for example, live for only a few million years. Their typical orbital velocity is about 200 km/s, so they cannot move more than about 500 pc in their lifetimes. This is less than the width of a spiral arm. Because they don't live long enough to move away from the spiral arms, they must have formed there.

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hydrogen; helium


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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
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