An iron core cannot support a massive main-sequence star because:
A) iron has low nuclear binding energy
B) iron is not present in stellar interiors
C) iron supplies too much pressure
D) iron fusion only occurs in a degenerate core
E) iron cannot fuse to make heavier nuclei and produce energy
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