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G-type star

(G, G-class star)
(stars spectrally similar to the Sun)

A G-type star is a star within the G-class, a spectral class for stars with metal and weak hydrogen absorption lines, a yellow color and a surface temperature in the range of 5300-6000 K. The spectral energy distribution (SED) peak is within the visible range. The Sun is a main sequence star within this class. Such main sequence stars (aka yellow dwarfs or G dwarfs) burn their hydrogen in on the order of ten billion years. Characteristics of G-type main sequence stars:

0.96-1.15radius(solar)
0.8-1.04mass(solar)
+4.3 to +5.3absolute magnitude(bolometric)
0.6-1.5bolometric luminosity(solar)
9-18 billion yearsmain-sequence lifetime
7.5%abundance

Some example G-type stars are Alpha Centauri and T Tauri (a pre-main-sequence star). Giant stars can also fall in the G-class (yellow giants), including supergiants (yellow supergiants) and hypergiants (yellow hypergiants).


(star type,spectral class)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Class_G
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-type_main-sequence_star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_star#Yellow_giants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_supergiant
http://www.solstation.com/stars3/100-gs.htm
https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~pberlind/atlas/htmls/gstars.html
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy
  
387nm775THz3.3eVbeginG-type star
527nm569THz2.4eVendG-type star

Referenced by pages:
16 Cygni (16 Cyg)
51 Pegasi b (51 Peg b)
barium star (Ba star)
calcium (Ca)
carbon star (C)
Earth analog
FGK star
G band (G)
G-dwarf problem
HD 133131
HD 209458 b
HD 80606 b
Kepler Telescope
Kepler-1625b
Kepler-452b
M-type star (M)
Morgan classification
multiplicity fraction
RR Lyrae variable (RRL)
solar mass (MSun)
spectral class
Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars (SPOCS)
Sun
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
WASP-12b
Wilson-Bappu effect

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