- Eddington luminosity
- эддингтоновская светимость
English-russian dictionary of physics. 2013.
English-russian dictionary of physics. 2013.
Eddington luminosity — The Eddington luminosity (also referred to as the Eddington limit) in a star is defined as the point where the gravitational force inwards equals the continuum radiation force outwards, assuming hydrostatic equilibrium and spherical symmetry.… … Wikipedia
Eddington — is the name of several places:*In the United States of America: **Eddington, Maine **Eddington, Pennsylvania ***Eddington (SEPTA station)*In the United Kingdom: **Eddington, Berkshire **Eddington, Kent*In Australia: **Eddington, Victoria*… … Wikipedia
Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley — born Dec. 28, 1882, Kendal, Westmorland, Eng. died Nov. 22, 1944, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire British astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. At the University of Cambridge he won every mathematical honour. He was chief assistant at the Royal… … Universalium
Eddington , Sir Arthur Stanley — (1882–1944) British astrophysicist and mathematician Born at Kendal, Eddington moved with his mother and sister to Somerset after the death of his father in 1884. He was a brilliant scholar, graduating from Owens College (now the University of… … Scientists
Arthur Stanley Eddington — Infobox Scientist name = Arthur Eddington image width = 247px caption = Arthur Stanley Eddington birth date = birth date|1882|12|28|df=y death date = death date and age|1944|11|22|1882|12|28|df=y birth place = Kendal, England death place =… … Wikipedia
Mass–luminosity relation — In astrophysics, the mass–luminosity relation is an equation giving the relationship between a star s mass and its luminosity. The relationship is represented by the equation: where L⊙ and M⊙ are the luminosity and mass of the sun and… … Wikipedia
White dwarf — For other uses, see White dwarf (disambiguation). Image of Sirius A and Sirius B taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Sirius B, which is a white dwarf, can be seen as a faint pinprick of light to the lower left of the much brighter Sirius A … Wikipedia
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram — Hertzsprung–Russell diagram[1] with 22,000 stars plotted from the Hipparcos catalog and 1,000 from the Gliese catalog of nearby stars. Stars tend to fall only into certain regions of the diagram. The most predominant is the diagonal, going from… … Wikipedia
Main sequence — A Hertzsprung Russell diagram plots the actual brightness (or absolute magnitude) of a star against its color index (represented as B V). The main sequence is visible as a prominent diagonal band that runs from the upper left to the lower right.… … Wikipedia
Star — For other uses, see Star (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
List of most massive stars — This is a list of the most massive stars so far discovered. The list is ordered by solar mass (1 solar mass = the mass of Earth s Sun). Stellar mass is the most important attribute of a star. Combined with chemical compositions, mass determines a … Wikipedia