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Solar Mass Symbol Definition

That symbol indicates a mass given in multiples of the mass of the Sun. NASA provides a nice listing…

Richard Fienberg provided the answer to this question in a post to Sky & Telescope in 2006. As you…

No. It is true that Sirius is above the horizon during a good part of the day during the…

The Sun’s absolute magnitude, which is its brightness if it were located at a distance of 10 parsecs (about…

To calculate the relative amount of gravitational pull that Jupiter and Saturn exert on the Earth relative to the…

The solar-induced magnetic storms that produce the Northern (Southern) Lights, or Aurora Borealis (Australis), are generated when electrons from…

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