The star zeta Pegasi (in the constellation Pegasus,the Flying Horse) has a spectral luminosity class of B8 V,which gives it a surface temperature of about 11,000 K.According to Table 11-2 of Comins,Discovering the Essential Universe,6th ed.,the expected main-sequence lifetime of zeta Pegasi is:
A) much greater than 500 million years.
B) about 500 million years.
C) not defined by this information.
D) about 500,000 years.
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