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    What Proportion of Visible Stars in Our Nighttime Sky Are
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What Proportion of Visible Stars in Our Nighttime Sky Are

Question 156

Question 156

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What proportion of visible stars in our nighttime sky are members of multiple-star systems,such as binary stars?


A) less than 1%
B) 2/3, or almost 70%
C) only about 1/4, or 25%
D) close to 100%

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