Halo stars near the Sun are distinguished from disk stars by what characteristics?
A) low heavy-element abundances and low relative velocities
B) high heavy-element abundances and high relative velocities
C) low heavy-element abundances and high relative velocities
D) high heavy-element abundances and low relative velocities
E) equal heavy-element abundances and high relative velocities
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