solar luminosity

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Noun

solar luminosity (plural solar luminosities)

  1. a unit of radiant flux (power emitted in the form of photons) conventionally used by astronomers to measure the luminosity of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects in terms of the output of the Sun.
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