The luminosity of a Cepheid star varies in time because
A) the entire star pulsates from its core to its surface.
B) the outer envelope of the star contracts and expands radially.
C) the star rotates too quickly.
D) the star is too massive to be stable.
E) the star undergoes changing chemical reactions on its surface.
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