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The Period-Luminosity Relationship for Cepheid Variable Stars, Relating Variability to Absolute

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The period-luminosity relationship for Cepheid variable stars, relating variability to absolute overall brightness, was discovered by

A) Harlow Shapley.
B) Henrietta Leavitt.
C) Edwin Hubble.
D) Sir Isaac Newton.

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