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What Do You Think About That A 1879 Stefan's Law Be Used To Calculate Star Radius Or Temperature?


rhertz

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Since then, variations of the Stefan Law is widely used to determine some basic properties of a star, like:
 

  • Star Radius
  • Star Luminosity
  • Star Surface temperature
     

To calculate any given star Luminosity, Stefan's law is expressed as:

 

L = 4 π R2 σ Τ 4

 

L: Luminosity (in Watts)

R: Star radius

T: Star's surface temperature.

Stefan-Boltzmann Constant  σ=5.67×10−8W.m-2K-4

 

This is a variation of the original Stefan's formula, widely used to calculate any star temperature by finding the absolute luminosity

based in relative comparations with proper references:

 

j = T4

 

 

where j is the Iradiance or Flux Density (Watt/m^2), which is estimated by comparisons with references (like our Sun's Irradiance).

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