Main-Sequence Stars Apparently Are Not Larger Than a Few Hundred

question 70

Multiple Choice

Main-sequence stars apparently are not larger than a few hundred solar masses. The reason stars of larger mass do NOT exist is that

• A) their temperatures becomes so high that their outer envelopes are expelled by the pressure of radiation inside them.
• B) the thermonuclear reactions in such stars proceed so rapidly that the stars explode.
• C) such stars contract directly to become planetlike objects.
• D) interstellar clouds of greater mass break up to become binary or multiple-star systems, not single stars.

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