Foundations of Astronomy (MindTap Course List)
Foundations of Astronomy (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337399920
Author: Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The law of energy transport and how this energy transported inside main sequence stars at the lowest and highest mass.

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