Physics A-Level
Massive stars
What Massive stars means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Massive stars
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Reference: OCR
Stars with much more mass than the Sun, which evolve off the main sequence to become a red super giant.
Topics that use Massive stars
- Stars (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Black hole
- Chandrasekhar limit
- Electron degeneracy pressure
- Gravitational collapse
- HR diagram
- Main sequence
- Neutron star
- Planet
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