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This chapter presents the main stellar properties, such as mass, radius, and luminosity. Several tables containing average numerical values of these quantities are given.
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Maciel, W.J. (2016). Physical Properties of the Stars. In: Introduction to Stellar Structure. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16142-6_1
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