•Surface Temperature 5800 K (from lmax or
spectral type)
–Not all that hot by laboratory
standards
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•Central Temperature 15 ´ 106 K (explained
later)
–Central temperature IS very high
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•Luminosity (L) 3.8 ´ 1026 J/s ( L = sT4surface ´ 4 p R2sun)
( L = Fat Earth ´ 4 p R21 AU)
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–Will be important for understanding energy
generation in Sun