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jazziefee

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You want to find a mass of a star on the main sequence of the H-R diagram. What do you need?
 
  a. The star has to be in a visual binary. b. The star has to be in a spectroscopic binary.
  c. You need the star's luminosity. d. You need the star's absorption spectra.

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_________ are neutron stars that have magnetic fields 100 times stronger than the average neutron star.
 
  a. Hypernovae
  b. Collapsars
  c. Pulsars
  d. Kerr singularities
  e. Magnetars



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Answer to Question 1

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