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Bundle: Foundations Of Astronomy, Loose-leaf Version, 14th + Webassign, Printed Access Card, Single-term
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ISBN: 9780357292990
Author: Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The properties of a dense molecular cloud that must change for the formation of a star.

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Dense molecular cloud should attain extreme high density and temperature to form a star.

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Dense molecular clouds have very low temperature and density compared to that of star. Gas in molecular cloud will have is around 1020 times lesser that at the center of sun and the temperature is in the orders of few Kelvins only. In order to form a star, the molecular cloud should be extremely compressed to attain very high temperature and density.

Therefore, the dense molecular cloud should attain extreme high density and temperature to form a star.

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