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One of our lecture tutorials claimed that a 60 solar mass star would have a main sequence lifetime of only 360,000 years

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 9:33 am
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One Of Our Lecture Tutorials Claimed That A 60 Solar Mass Star Would Have A Main Sequence Lifetime Of Only 360 000 Years 1
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One of our lecture tutorials claimed that a 60 solar mass star would have a main sequence lifetime of only 360,000 years. Given that the Sun has a main sequence lifetime of 10 billion years, what luminosity would the 60 solar mass star have? Report it as a multiple of solar luminosities. Show your work.