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Mass segregation (astronomy)
Gravitational process, eg in star clusters / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In astronomy, dynamical mass segregation is the process by which heavier members of a gravitationally bound system, such as a star cluster, tend to move toward the center, while lighter members tend to move farther away from the center.
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