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- DictionarySo·lar mass/ˈsōlər mas/
noun
- 1. the mass of the sun used as a unit of mass, equal to 1.989 × 1030 kg.
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- Solar mass
Standard unit of mass in astronomy which is equal to 1.98892 × 10³⁰ kg
The solar mass (M☉) is a standard unit of mass in astronomy, equal to approximately 2×1030 kg. It is approximately equal to the mass of the Sun. It is often used to indicate the masses of other stars, as well as stellar clusters, nebulae, galaxies and black holes. This equates to about two nonillion (short scale), two quintillion (long scale) kilograms or 2000 quettagrams: Wikipedia
