Consider a 1 M_⨀ Star's Journey Up the Red Giant

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Essay

Consider a 1 M_⨀ star's journey up the red giant branch.Its luminosity will change from 10 L_⨀ to nearly 1,000 L_⨀.How will its temperature and radius change as the star ascends? (Recall that L ∝ R²T⁴. )

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