The study of eclipsing binary stars is very important because it allows astronomers to determine

A. the speed of stars from the Doppler shift of their spectral lines.
B. the luminosity of each star.
C. the brightness of each star.
D. the distance between two stars.
E. the diameters of stars.


Answer: E

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