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Question
- order the following stars from coolest to hottest.
- for most stars, what does a higher temperature tend to go with?
Brief Explanations
- Star color indicates temperature. Red - orange stars are cooler, blue - white stars are hotter. Star B is orange, star C is blue - white, star A is white. So the order from coolest to hottest is star B, star C, star A.
- For most stars, higher temperature is associated with higher luminosity as per the Stefan - Boltzmann law and the Hertzsprung - Russell diagram.
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