solar mass

English

Noun

solar mass (plural solar masses) (M_☉)

1. (astronomy) A unit, equal to the mass of the sun, used to express the mass of other stars etc. 1 M_☉ = 2 × 10³⁰ kg.

Synonyms

• M_☉

Related terms

• Earth mass
• Jupiter mass
• lunar mass

Translations

unit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太陽質量 / 太阳质量 (tàiyáng zhìliàng)

• Danish: solmasse c
• Dutch: zonnemassa f or m
• Finnish: auringon massa
• French: masse solaire (fr) f
• German: Sonnenmasse (de) f
• Japanese: 太陽質量 (ja) (taiyō shitsuryō)
• Norwegian: solmasse m
• Russian: со́лнечная едини́ца f (sólnečnaja jediníca), со́лнечная ма́сса f (sólnečnaja mássa)
• Spanish: masa solar f