To Determine the Sum of the Masses of a Visual

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Multiple Choice

To determine the sum of the masses of a visual binary star system,what needs to be measured?

• A) the temperatures and periods of the stars
• B) the distance from Earth and the semimajor axis of the orbit of one star relative to the other
• C) the periods and the semimajor axes of the stars
• D) the temperatures and distances from Earth of the stars

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