function mainSequenceMass
universe/src/catalog/photometry.ts:301
mainSequenceMass(solarLuminosities: number) → number
Main-sequence mass from luminosity, the standard piecewise mass-luminosity relation inverted.
Only valid on the main sequence, which is why estimateMass gates it on the
luminosity class. Applied to a red giant it reads the star's inflated
envelope as mass and returns several times the truth; applied to a white dwarf
it returns roughly a Jupiter.
- solarLuminositiesnumber
- Undocumented
Returnsnumber