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00-Table of Constants

The document contains a table of physical constants related to celestial bodies in our solar system including the Sun, Earth, Moon, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. It provides values for key properties like mass, radius, temperature, orbital parameters, and more. It also includes constants related to units of measurement, fundamental physics, and astronomy.

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00-Table of Constants

The document contains a table of physical constants related to celestial bodies in our solar system including the Sun, Earth, Moon, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. It provides values for key properties like mass, radius, temperature, orbital parameters, and more. It also includes constants related to units of measurement, fundamental physics, and astronomy.

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Table of Constants

The Sun
Mass M = 1.9891 1030 Kg
Radius R = 6.955 108 m
Luminosity L = 3.826 1026 W
Apperant magnitude at mid-day m = -26.72
Absolute V-band magnitude MV = 4.82
Absolute bolometric magnitude Mbol = 4.72
Apperant angular diameter = 30
Temperature on the surface T = 5778 K
Solar Constant (at Earth) S = 1366 W/m2
The Earth
Mass M = 5.9736 1024 Kg
Radius R = 6.3708 106 m
Mean density = 5515 Kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration on the g = 9.81 m/s2
surface
Inclination of the axis = 23 26
Albedo = 0.39
The Moon
Mass MM = 7.4377 1022 Kg
Radius RM = 1.7374 106 m
Mean distance from Earth dM = 3.78 108 m
Synodic period Psy = 29.5306 days
Apperant magnitude (full moon) mmoon = -12.74
Albedo = 0.14
Inclination of the lunar orbit w.r.t. = 5.14
the ecliptic
The Venus
Radius RV = 0.949 R
Orbital semi-major axis aV enus = 0.732 A.U.
Orbital period TV enus = 224.70 days
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Albedo = 0.87
The Mars
Mass MM ars = 6.421 1023 kg
Radius RM ars = 3393 km
Orbital semi-major axis aM ars = 1.52 A.U.
Rotational period TM ars = 24.623 h
Orbital radius of Phobos aP h = 9380 km
The Jupiter
Mass MJ = 1.898 1027 Kg
Orbital semi-major axis aJup = 5.204 A.U.

Number of arcseconds in a rad. = 206265


1 sidereal day = 23h 56m 4s .1
1 tropical year = 365.2564 solar days
= 3.1557 107 s
1 sidereal year = 365.2422 solar days
1 Astronomical Unit (A.U.) a = 1.4960 1011 m
1 lightyear (ly) = 9.46 1015 m
= 6.324 104 A. U.
1 parsec (pc) = 3.0856 1016 m
= 3.262 ly
Distance to the galactic centre dGC = 8.3 0.3 kpc
Speed of Light c = 2.99792458 108 m/s
Universal Gravitational Constant G = 6.6726 1011 Nm2 kg 2
Planck Constant h = 6.62 1034 J s
Hubble Constant H0 = (67.80 0.77) Km/s/Mpc
Age of the Universe t0 = 13.77 109 years
Stephans Constant = 5.67 108 W m2 K 4
Boltzmann Constant B = 1.38 1023 JK 2
Wiens displacement law m T = 2.898 103 mK
Charge of a electron qe = 1.602 1019 C
Mass of a electron me = 9.1 1031 kg
Mass of a proton mp = 938.27 MeV/c2
Mass of a neutron mn = 939.56 MeV/c2
Mass of a Deuterium atom mD = 1875.60 MeV/c2
Mass of a Helium-3 atom mHe3 = 2808.30 MeV/c2
Mass of a Helium-4 atom mHe = 4.002603 a.m.u.
= 3727.40 MeV/c2
Mass of a Carbon atom mC = 12.000000 a.m.u.
Rest frequency of spin-flip transi- 21 = 1420.41 MHz
tion of hydrogen
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Distance of Barnards star dBarnarad = 1.83 pc


Coordinates of northern ecliptic (E , E ) = 18h 00m 00s , +66 33.6
pole (J2000.0)
Coordinates of northern galactic (G , G ) = 12h 51m , +27 08
pole (J2000.0)
Diameter of human pupil = 6 mm
Height of Christ the Redeemer = 39.60 m
Height of Eiffel Tower = 324 m

Basic Equations of spherical trigonometry (for a spherical triangle ABC)

sin a sin B = sin b sin A (1)


cos a = cos b cos c + sin b sin c cos A (2)
sin a cos B = cos b sin c sin b cos c cos A (3)

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