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mslife.pro

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astrophysics

result = mslife(mass)

This function returns the approximate main sequence lifetime as a function of stellar mass. It is valid only for stars >~ 1 Msolar

The equation used is t = 10^10 * M^-2.9

Return value

lifetime(mass), in years

Parameters

mass in required

Stellar masses, in units of a solar mass. Scalar or vector

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Modifcation date:	Sat Oct 2 23:33:41 2010
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