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  • where R is the stellar radius. The definition of the stellar radius is obviously not straightforward. More rigorously the effective temperature corresponds...
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    Star (redirect from Stellar radius)
    higher surface temperature and thus are bluer than stars at the main sequence turnoff in the cluster to which they belong; in standard stellar evolution,...
    146 KB (16,327 words) - 03:19, 17 June 2024
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    pressure vary with radius; two represent how temperature and luminosity vary with radius. In forming the stellar structure equations (exploiting the assumed...
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  • Thumbnail for Stellar classification
    This two-dimensional (temperature and luminosity) classification scheme is based on spectral lines sensitive to stellar temperature and surface gravity...
    104 KB (11,345 words) - 20:18, 16 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stellar nucleosynthesis
    In astrophysics, stellar nucleosynthesis is the creation of chemical elements by nuclear fusion reactions within stars. Stellar nucleosynthesis has occurred...
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  • conditions in thermal and hydrostatic equilibrium. The minimum temperature required for stellar hydrogen fusion exceeds 107 K (10 MK), while the density at...
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    Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes over the course of time. Depending on the mass of the star, its lifetime can range from a few...
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    The stellar atmosphere is the outer region of the volume of a star, lying above the stellar core, radiation zone and convection zone. The stellar atmosphere...
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    class-A stellar engine) while the difference of temperature may be used to convert star energy into mechanical work (like a class-B stellar engine)....
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    exhibit temperatures less than 3,500 K. Because luminosity is proportional to temperature to the fourth power, the large variation in stellar temperatures produces...
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    on other stellar parameters, such as the stellar metallicity and surface gravity Brightness temperature Color balance Effective temperature Kruithof curve...
    31 KB (3,410 words) - 11:40, 17 June 2024
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    Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (category Stellar evolution)
    stars' absolute magnitudes or luminosities and their stellar classifications or effective temperatures. The diagram was created independently in 1911 by...
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    Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer. It reflects...
    104 KB (12,970 words) - 19:38, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Star formation
    within molecular clouds in interstellar space, sometimes referred to as "stellar nurseries" or "star-forming regions", collapse and form stars. As a branch...
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    are able to escape the star's gravity because of the high temperature of the corona. Stellar winds from main-sequence stars do not strongly influence the...
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  • often the endpoints of stellar evolution and, in this respect, are also called stellar remnants. The state and type of a stellar remnant depends primarily...
    20 KB (2,582 words) - 04:27, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Metallicity
    nonmetals in chemistry. The presence of heavier elements results from stellar nucleosynthesis, where the majority of elements heavier than hydrogen and...
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    Astrophysics (redirect from Stellar physics)
    she applied Saha's ionization theory to stellar atmospheres to relate the spectral classes to the temperature of stars. Most significantly, she discovered...
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    denote that temperature of a star (e.g. A5 or M1) and a Roman numeral to indicate the luminosity relative to other stars of the same temperature. Luminosity...
    29 KB (3,699 words) - 15:00, 5 June 2024
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    Main sequence (category Stellar evolution)
    the main sequence is a classification of stars which appear on plots of stellar color versus brightness as a continuous and distinctive band. Stars on...
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