Multiple Choice
A red giant star is found to be orbiting an unseen object with a short orbital period.By measuring the speed at which it orbits,astronomers deduce that the object has a mass of 10M⨀ This object is probably a __________ because __________.
A) black hole;the giant star is massive and could only be in orbit about something even more massive
B) black hole;its mass is too large to be a neutron star or a white dwarf
C) neutron star;any supernova that would have made a black hole would have destroyed the red giant
D) M-dwarf star;only such stars would be faint enough to go unseen in this system
E) black hole;most red giants orbit neutron stars,and neutron stars can turn into black holes
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