Which property does NOT characterize a supergiant star?
A) high mass-loss rates caused by enormous stellar winds
B) longer and longer time periods required to complete each stage in nucleosynthesis because of the large amount of fuel to be consumed
C) circumstellar shells of ejected gas
D) fusion in concentric shells surrounding the core
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