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    There Are Several Triggers That Could Start the Gravitational Contraction
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There Are Several Triggers That Could Start the Gravitational Contraction

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There are several triggers that could start the gravitational contraction of a molecular cloud and subsequent star formation.  List two of these triggers.

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