The Kelvin-Helmholtz contraction supplies significant energy to a star:
A) only in the stages before the main sequence.
B) after the core of a late main-sequence star runs out of hydrogen.
C) all during the main-sequence lifetime of star.
D) only when the outer edges of the star collapse inward.
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