Re: [FT] Jump limits

>>I've written a solar system generator that generates a lot of star
>details.
>>One of which is mass. From looking at the code I wrote it seems that
>mass is
>>only affected by luminosity.
>
>Well, the other way around, and not entirely--luminosity depends on
>temperature, temperature depends on mass and chemical composition.
>For Main Sequence stars, if my memory is right, Luminosity is
>proportional to Mass^3.8, approximately and leaving out a couple of
>factors.

The best way to visualize things is to dig up a Hertzsprung-Russell
Diagram. Most astronomy textbooks will have this, and there are a
few sources on the web (although what I've found so far doesn't give
a lot of detail; I ought to generate one myself for my research group)

Mk
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