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What fusion process is occurring in the star Procyon B?

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Procyon B's progenitor star most likely had around 2.59 solar masses. Estimates suggest that the star spent about 680 million years on the main-sequence, fusing hydrogen in its core. It evolved into a giant and lost much of its mass due to stellar winds

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