Multiple Choice
Four of following are factors that must be overcome by a large molecular cloud before gravitational contraction can begin. Which one is the exception?
A) thermal energy of the gas
B) magnetic field of the ISM
C) rotation of the gas cloud
D) intense radiation from a nearby star
E) turbulence in the ISM
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