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A table of definitions and usage of thingies that are marked with an asterisk (*).
Keyword | Abbreviation for | Description | Use |
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Sgr A* | Sagittarius A* | A region in the middle of the Milky Way (our galaxy). It's believed that a supermassive blackhole lives there. | Celestial bodies that orbit the center of the Milky Way |
R☉ | Solar Radius | The solar radius is self-explanatory as its name reveals everything it's about. R☉ is a unit of length and its value is approximately 695 500 km (6.955 x 108 metres). | Expressing the size of stars |
Au | Astronomical Unit | A unit of length in which the exact value is 149 597 870 700 metres and is the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun. | Measurement of long distances in outer space |
K | Kelvin | An absolute temperature scale. Unlike the Celius and the Fahrenheit scales, no negative
values are present here. Formulae: [°C] = [K] − 273.15 [°F] = [K] × 9⁄5 − 459.67 |
Measurement of temperatures in outer space |