luminosities
- plural of luminosity.
Example Sentences
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"This allows us to help explain the extreme luminosities of active galactic nuclei as well as the acceleration of particles to nearly the speed of light."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025
The lower luminosities of red dwarf stars also means their habitable zones -- the range of orbital distances where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface -- lie closer to them.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
Suvi Gezari, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, says the observations extend the phenomenon of red novae to much lower luminosities and into the regime of planetary engulfments.
From Science Magazine ● May 3, 2023
The brutal fury of a system like WR 140 is undeniable, from the incredible luminosities of its stars to the cosmic tsunami of dusty winds they blast away.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2022
Adams and Joy have recently determined the luminosities and parallaxes of 500 stars by this spectroscopic method.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck
