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📅 MIT Science Bowl Invitational 2020🎓 HS🔄 Round 12#️⃣ Question 18🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

The Sun has an effective surface temperature of approximately 6,000 kelvin. A B-type star was observed with an effective surface temperature of approximately 30,000 kelvin and a radius approximately 10 times that of the Sun. In units of solar luminosities, what is the star's luminosity?

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