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When is/was gravitational contraction an important energy-generation mechanism for the Sun?
1. when the Sun was being formed from a collapsing cloud of gas
2. when the Sun transports radiation through the convection zone
3. only during solar maximum
4. right after the Sun began fusing hydrogen in its core
5. only during solar minimum