Multiple Choice
Using the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (Figure 10-7 of Comins,Discovering the Essential Universe,6th ed.) ,determine which type of star has the following characteristics: surface temperature 10,000 K,luminosity 1/100 times that of the Sun.
A) a red supergiant
B) a main-sequence star
C) a white dwarf
D) a red giant
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