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What are A class stars?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

A Class stars have the following characteristics.

  • Temperature: 7,500 -> 10,000 Kelvin
  • Colour: White -> Blue-white
  • Mass: 1.4 -> 2.1 Solar masses
  • Radius: 1.4 -> 1.8 Solar radius
  • Luminosity: 5 -> 25 Solar luminosities.
  • Rarity: 0.6% of all main sequence stars.
Examples: Sirius

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