Multiple Choice
Calculations show that gravity begins to overcome thermal pressure in clouds that are
A) less massive than the Sun.
B) more massive than the Sun.
C) more massive than ten times the Sun.
D) more massive than a hundred times the Sun.
E) more massive than a thousand times the Sun.
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