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Ay 20: Useful Constants and Units: Memorize The Following Constants

The document provides useful physical constants and units for astronomy and astrophysics. It lists constants like the solar mass, radius, and luminosity, as well as the astronomical unit, parsec, gravitational constant, and others. More constants are then listed such as the masses of the moon, Earth, and Jupiter. Common physical constants like the Planck constant, Avogadro's number, and electron properties are also included.

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Ay 20: Useful Constants and Units: Memorize The Following Constants

The document provides useful physical constants and units for astronomy and astrophysics. It lists constants like the solar mass, radius, and luminosity, as well as the astronomical unit, parsec, gravitational constant, and others. More constants are then listed such as the masses of the moon, Earth, and Jupiter. Common physical constants like the Planck constant, Avogadro's number, and electron properties are also included.

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Ay 20: Useful Constants and Units

More precise values of the various constants are available at


http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constants.html.

Memorize the following constants.

Constant/Unit Symbol Value


Solar mass M⊙ 2 × 1033 g
Solar radius R⊙ 7 × 1010 cm
Solar luminosity L⊙ 4 × 1033 erg s−1
Solar effective temperature T⊙,eff 5780 K
Astronomical Unit AU 1.5 × 1013 cm
parsec pc 3.26 ly = 3.1 × 1018 cm
Gravitational Constant G 6.7 × 10−8 cm3 g−1 s−2
Speed of light c 3 × 1010 cm s−1
Boltzmann constant kB 1.4 × 10−16 erg K−1 = 8.6 × 10−5 eV K−1
Stefan-Boltzmann constant σ 5.7 × 10−5 erg cm−2 s−1 K−4
electron mass me 9.1 × 10−28 g = 0.511 MeV c2
Rydberg energy Ry 13.6 eV
1 eV 1.6 × 10−12 erg
1 Å 10−8 cm

Here are some more useful constants to know.

Constant/Unit Symbol Value


Moon mass MMoon 7.3 × 1025 g = 1.2 × 10−2 M⊕
Earth mass M⊕ 6.0 × 1027 g = 3 × 10−6 M⊙
Jupiter mass MJ 1.9 × 1030 g = 0.95 × 10−3 M⊙
Planck constant h 6.63 × 10−27 erg s
h 4.14 × 10−21 MeV s
hc 1240 eV nm = 1240 MeV fm
h̄c 197 eV nm = 197 MeV fm
Avogadro number NA 6.022 × 1023 mol−1
−1
nucleon mass (AMU) mU NA = 1.66 × 10−24 g = 931.5 MeV c2
electron mass me 9.1 × 10−28 g = 0.511 MeV c2
electron charge e 4.8 × 10−10 esu (cgs)
e 1.6 × 10−19 C (SI)
e2 1.44 eV nm (cgs)
Radiation constant a 4σc−1 = 7.5 × 10−15 erg cm−3 K−4
Rydberg energy Ry 2.18 × 10−11 erg = 13.6 eV
Bohr radius a0 0.5 × 10−8 cm

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