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## Mass-Luminosity Relation

For main-sequence stars, luminosity increases steeply with mass:

**L / L_sun ≈ (M / M_sun)^3.5**

This is an empirical fit. The exponent varies from about 2.3 for very low-mass stars to about 4 for massive stars, with 3.5 being a good average.

A 10 M_sun star is ~3162 times as luminous as the Sun.

Exemple Résolu

A 2 solar-mass star.

  1. L/L_sun = 2^3.5
  2. = 2^3 × 2^0.5 = 8 × 1.414 = 11.31
  3. About 11.3 times the Sun's luminosity.