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Energy Formula for Luminosity

Luminosity is the total amount of energy emitted by a star, galaxy or other astronomical object per unit time.

The energy equals the luminosity times time.

Formula

QuantityVariable["E", "Energy"] == QuantityVariable["L", "Luminosity"]*QuantityVariable["t", "Time"]

symbol description physical quantity
E energy "Energy"
L luminosity "Luminosity"
t time "Time"

Forms

Examples

Get the resource:

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ResourceObject["Energy Formula for Luminosity"]
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Get the formula:

In[2]:=
FormulaData[ResourceObject["Energy Formula for Luminosity"]]
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Use some values:

In[3]:=
FormulaData[
 ResourceObject[
  "Energy Formula for Luminosity"], {QuantityVariable["t","Time"] -> 
   Quantity[1, "Seconds"], 
  QuantityVariable["E","Energy"] -> Quantity[3.846`*^26, "Joules"]}]
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