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Eddington luminosity by Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
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Balancing outward radiative acceleration against gravity gives
LEdd​=κ4πcGM​.
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It is an approximate upper luminosity for a hydrostatic star of opacity κ.
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