A protostar of about 1 solar mass is gradually contracting and becoming hotter. This activity causes its position in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram to shift slowly
A) upward and toward the right.
B) downward and toward the left.
C) upward and toward the left.
D) downward and toward the right.
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