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Table C.6. The Sun<br />

Property Symbol Numerical value<br />

Mass M⊙ 1.989 × 10 30 kg<br />

Radius R⊙ 6.960 × 10 8 m<br />

= 0.00465 AU<br />

Effective temperature Te 5785 K<br />

Luminosity L⊙ 3.9 × 10 26 W<br />

Apparent visual magnitude V −26.78<br />

Colour indices B − V 0.62<br />

U − B 0.10<br />

Absolute visual magnitude MV 4.79<br />

Absolute bolometric magnitude Mbol 4.72<br />

Inclination of equator to ecliptic 7 ◦ 15 ′<br />

Equatorial horizontal parallax π⊙ 8.794 ′′<br />

Motion: direction of apex α = 270 ◦<br />

δ = 30 ◦<br />

velocity in LSR 19.7kms −1<br />

Distance from galactic centre 8.5 kpc<br />

Table C.7. The Earth<br />

Property Symbol Numerical value<br />

Mass M⊕ = M⊙/332,946<br />

= 5.974 × 10 24 kg<br />

Mass, Earth+Moon M⊕ + M ª = M⊙/328,900.5<br />

= 6.048 × 10 24 kg<br />

Equatorial radius Re = 6,378,137 m<br />

Polar radius Rp = 6,356,752 m<br />

Flattening f = (Re − Rp)/Re<br />

= 1/298.257<br />

Surface gravity g = 9.81 m s −2<br />

Table C.8. The Moon<br />

Property Symbol Numerical value<br />

Mass M ª = M⊕/81.30<br />

= 7.348 × 10 22 kg<br />

Radius R ª = 1738 km<br />

Surface gravity g ª = 1.62 m s −2<br />

= 0.17 g<br />

Mean equatorial horizontal parallax π ª = 57 ′<br />

Semimajor axis of the orbit a = 384,400 km<br />

Smallest distance from Earth rmin = 356,400 km<br />

Greatest distance from Earth rmax = 406,700 km<br />

Mean inclination of orbit to ecliptic ι = 5.145 ◦<br />

C. Tables<br />

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