We Do Not Know for Certain Whether the General Trends

question 36

Multiple Choice

We do not know for certain whether the general trends we observe in stellar birth masses also apply to brown dwarfs.But if they do,then which of the following would be true?

• A)Brown dwarfs would outnumber all ordinary stars.
• B)Brown dwarfs would be responsible for most of the overall luminosity of our Milky Way Galaxy.
• C)Brown dwarfs would be extremely rare.
• D)Most of the brown dwarfs in the Milky Way Galaxy would be quite young in age.

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