Plan a Planet Orbiting a Main Sequence Star

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Star Data

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Mass Solar Masses input compute
Luminosity (Sun = 1) input compute
Spectral Type (Sun = G2) input compute
Teff (Kelvin) input compute
Mean Density (kg/m3) input compute
Diameter (Sun = 1) input compute

Planet Data

Planet Annual Period Years input compute
Planet Orbital Radius Astronomical Units input compute
Star Luminosity at Planet (Earth = 1) input compute
Star's Apparent Size (Sun viewed from Earth = 1) input compute

The table of Star Data is taken from Stellar Astrophysics for the Layperson and interpolated using logarithms

Sun Data is taken from Steven T. Myers Astronomy Lectures

Created: 1998

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