RR Lyrae stars are
A) pulsating stars that vary regularly, all with periods of less than 1 day.
B) rotating neutron stars with very rapid and regular brightness fluctuations.
C) eclipsing binary stars.
D) pulsating stars that vary irregularly, with periods of several hundred days.
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