bolometric absolute magnitude Comparison Table

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bolometric absolute magnitude comparison table

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absolute magnitude magnitude The absolute magnitude (g) of a solar-system body such as an asteroid is defined as the brightness at zero phase angle when the object is 1 AU from the Sun and 1 AU from the observer.

bolometric absolute magnitude absolute magnitude M_bol A measure of the total amount of energy radiated by a star at all wavelengths. M_bol of Sun = 4.72 mag. The fraction of total energy emitted by a very blue or very red star that lies in the visible range may differ from the total energy by 4 or 5 mag - i.e., only a few percent of the energy lies in the visible.

Subject	is a kind of	has symbol	has definition
absolute magnitude	magnitude		The absolute magnitude (g) of a solar-system body such as an asteroid is defined as the brightness at zero phase angle when the object is 1 AU from the Sun and 1 AU from the observer.
bolometric absolute magnitude	absolute magnitude	M_bol	A measure of the total amount of energy radiated by a star at all wavelengths. M_bol of Sun = 4.72 mag. The fraction of total energy emitted by a very blue or very red star that lies in the visible range may differ from the total energy by 4 or 5 mag - i.e., only a few percent of the energy lies in the visible.

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