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A) A spiral galaxy contains mostly younger stars.
B) A spiral galaxy has a spherical halo.
C) An elliptical galaxy lacks a disk component.
D) Elliptical galaxies are not as big as spiral galaxies.
E) There are no dwarf spiral galaxies, but there are dwarf ellipticals.


C

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