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Old 08-May-2008, 09:04 PM
Jeff Root Jeff Root is offline
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Originally Posted by astromark View Post
However very little has actually changed. Its still a Star.
I think it changes waaaaaay too much to call it a star anymore.
Pretty much the only thing that remains the same is the gravity
field at a distance. Even that can change greatly as the star
collapses, going supernova, throwing off most of its mass.

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