A main-sequence star is defined as a star:
A) with a surface temperature equal to that of the Sun.
B) in which nuclear fusion reactions generate sufficient energy to oppose further condensation of the star.
C) whose age after birth is about 1 million years.
D) with a luminosity precisely equal to that of the Sun.
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