____ are star-like objects that contain less than 0.08 solar masses an will never raise their core temperatures high enough that the proton-proton chain can begin. Other minor fusion reactions do occur in these objects. They fall in a gap between the low-mass M dwarf stars and the massive planets in which nuclear fusion never occurs
a. Brown dwarfs
b. Herbig-Haro objects
c. Bok globules
d. T-Tauri star
e. Main sequence stars
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