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The Stefan–Boltzmann law gives the radiated luminosity
For radiative mass loss at fixed luminosity, using mass-energy equivalence, the mass-loss magnitude and one-percent time are
The numerical constants are the external CODATA 2014 and ; years here mean 365.25 days.[ref] This estimates radiative mass loss with the supplied radius and temperature held constant. It does not predict a real stellar lifetime or include solar-wind mass loss.

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