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The Mass-Luminosity Relation

The Mass-Luminosity Relation
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Description: The Mass-Luminosity Relation
 For main-sequence stars, mass and luminosity are directly correlated—the more massive a star, the more luminous it is.
A main-sequence star of 10 solar masses has roughly 3000 times the Sun’s luminosity; one with 0.1 solar masses has
a luminosity of only about 0.001 solar luminosities. To fit them on the page, the luminosities and masses are plotted using
logarithmic scales.

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