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Luminosity vs Kilonova - What's the difference?

luminosity | kilonova |

As nouns the difference between luminosity and kilonova

is that luminosity is the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance while kilonova is a luminosity equivalent to that of a thousand novas.

luminosity

English

Noun

(wikipedia luminosity) (luminosities)
  • (uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance
  • (physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor
  • (astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions

    • kilonova

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal, physics) A luminosity equivalent to that of a thousand novas