How Luminous will the Sun become when it becomes a red giant(and as large as possible?).
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L ⊙ L = ( R ⊙ R ) 2 ( T ⊙ T ) 4 , is the formula for calculating how much brighter the star is than our Sun. The Sun will come very close to earth's orbit. You can calculate the Max Size by divide the diameter of earth's orbit (Wiki) by sun's diameter than you will get around 150-170. The Temperature will get close to 3000 K and using the formula you get around 1900.