Quantity Value: Astronomical and Physical Constants

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Theoretical Competition 2nd IOAA August 23, 2008

Astronomical and Physical Constants

Quantity Value
Astronomical unit (AU) 149 597 870 691 m
Light year (ly) 9.4605 × 1015 m = 63,240 AU
Parsec (pc) 3.0860 × 1016 m = 206,265 AU
Sidereal year 365.2564 days
Tropical year 365.2422 days
Gregorian year 365.2425 days
Sidereal month 27.3217 days
Synodic month 29.5306 days
Mean sidereal day 23h56m4s.091 of mean solar time
Mean solar day 24h3m56s.555 of sidereal time
Mean distance, Earth to Moon 384 399 000 m
Earth mass (M ) 5.9736 × 1024 kg
Earth mean radius 6 371 000 m
Earth mean velocity in orbit 29 783 m/s
Moon mass (M) 7.3490  1022 kg
Moon mean radius 1 738 000 m
Sun mass (M) 1.9891 × 1030 kg
Sun radius (R) 6.96 × 108 m
Sun luminosity (L) 3.96 × 1026 J s-1
Sun effective temperature (Teff) 5 800 oK
Sun apparent magnitude (m) -26.8
Sun absolute magnitude (M) 4.82
Sun absolute bolometric magnitude (Mbol) 4.72
Speed of light (c) 2.9979  108 m/s
Gravitational constant (G) 6.6726× 10-11 N m2 kg-2
Boltzmann constant (k) 1.3807 × 10-23 J K-1
Stefan-Boltzmann constant () 5.6705× 10-8 J s-1 m-2 K- 4
Planck constant (h) 6.6261 × 10-34 J s
Electron charge (e) 1.602 × 10-19 C = 4.803 × 10-10 esu
Electron mass (me) 5.48579903 × 10-4 amu = 9.11 × 10-31 kg
Proton mass (mp) 1.00727647 amu = 1.67268 × 10-27 kg
Theoretical Competition 2nd IOAA August 23, 2008

Neutron mass (mn) 1.008664904 amu = 1.67499 × 10-27 kg


Deuterium nucleus mass (md) 2.013553214 amu = 3.34371 × 10-27 kg
Hydrogen mass 1.00794 amu = 1.67379 × 10-27 kg
Helium mass 4.002603 amu = 1.646723 × 10-27 kg

Conversion table
1Å 0.1 nm = 10-10 m
1 barn 10-28 m2
1G 10-4 T
1 erg 10-7 J = 1 dyne cm
1 esu 3.3356  10-10 C
1 amu (atomic mass unit) 1.6606  10-27 kg
1 atm (atmosphere) 101,325 Pa = 1.01325 bar
1 dyne 10-5 N

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