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Units

- Angle
- Solid Angle
- Length
- Area
- Frequency
- Speed
- Mass
- Force
- Pressure
- Energy
- Power
- Charge
- Potential
- Resistance
- Capacitance
- Conductance
- Inductance
- Magnetic Flux
- Field Strength
- Flux Density

Astrophysical Constants & Units

Constants

 Mathematical

π = 3.14159265358979
e = 2.71828182845905
Euler's constant: γ = 0.5772156649

 Physical

Speed of light in vacuum: c = 2.99792458 × 108 m s-1
Planck constant: h = 6.62620 × 10-34 J s
Elementary charge: e = 1.602189 × 10-19 C
Avogadro's number: N0 = 6.0221367 × 1023 mol-1
Universal gas constant: R = 8.31441 J mol-1 K-1
Boltzmann's constant: k = R/N0 = 1.380662 × 10-23 J K-1
Stefan-Boltzmann constant: σ = 5.66956 × 10-8 W m-2 K-4
Gravitation constant: G = 6.6742 × 10-11 N m2 kg-2
Coulomb constant: K = 8.98755 × 109 N m2 kg-2
Rydberg constant for 1H: R = 1.09677583 × 107 m-1
Relative permeability of vacuum: μ0 = 4π × 10-7 N A-2
Relative permittivity of vacuum: ε0 = 8.85418782 × 10-12 F m-1

 Astronomical

Solar radius: R_sun = 6.9599 × 108 m
Solar mass: M_sun = 1.989 × 1030 kg
Solar luminosity: L_sun = 3.826 × 1026 W
Solar absolute bolometric magnitude: MBol _sun = 4.72
Earth radius: R_earth = 6.738 × 106 m
Earth mass: M_earth = 5.976 × 1024 kg

Units

 Angle

1 revolution = 2π = 360°

 Solid Angle

1 sphere = 4π steradians (sr) = 4.1253 × 104 square degrees

 Length

1 inch = 2.54 × 10-2 m
1 foot (ft) = 12 inch = 0.3048 m
1 yard = 3 ft = 0.9144 m
1 statute mile = 5280 ft = 1609 m
1 nautical mile = 6080 ft = 1853 m
1 Angstrom (Å) = 10-10 m
1 Fermi = 10-15 m
1 lightyear = 9.460530 × 1015 m
1 Astronomical Unit (AU) = 1.495979 × 1011 m
1 parsec (pc) = 1 AU/tan (1") = 3.085678 × 1016 m
1 solar radius (R_sun) = 6.9599 × 108 m

 Area

1 hectare = 104 m2
1 acre = 43560 ft2 = 4046.9 m2
1 barn = 10-28 m2

 Frequency

1 Hertz (Hz) = 1 s-1

 Speed

1 knot = 1 nautical mile/hour = 1.8532 km h-1 = 0.5147 m s-1
1 mile/hour = 1.6093 km h-1 = 0.4470 m s-1

 Mass

1 pound (lb) = 0.45359237 kg
1 atomic mass unit (u) = 1.66057 × 10-27 kg
1 solar mass (M_sun) = 1.989 × 1030 kg

 Force

1 Newton (N) = 1 kg m s-2
1 dyne = 10-5 N
1 pound (lb) = 4.44822 N

 Pressure

1 Pascal (Pa) = 1 N m-2
1 atmosphere = 1.013 × 105 Pa
1 bar = 105 Pa
1 torr = 1 mm Hg at 0° and standard gravity = 133.322 Pa

 Energy

1 Joule (J) = 1 N m = 1 W s
1 erg = 10-7 J
1 Calorie = 4186 J
1 kiloton TNT = 4.2 × 1012 J
1 electronvolt (eV) = 1.602189 × 10-19 J

 Power

1 Watt (W) = 1 J s-1 = 1 V A
1 Horse Power (hp) = 745.7 W
1 solar luminosity (L_sun) = 3.826 × 1026 W

 Electric charge

1 Coulomb (C) = 1 A s
1 elementary charge (e) = 1.602189 × 10-19 C

 Electric potential

1 Volt (V) = 1 W A-1

 Electric resistance

1 Ohm (Ω) = 1 V A-1

 Electric capacitance

1 Farad (F) = 1 C V-1

 Conductance

1 Siemens (S) = 1 A V-1

 Inductace

1 Henry (H) = 1 Wb A-1

 Magnetic flux

1 Weber (Wb) = 1 V s-1

 Magnetic field strength

1 Tesla (T) = 1 N A-1 m-1 = 1 Wb m-2
1 gauss = 10-4 T

 Flux density

1 Jansky (Jy) = 10-26 W m-2 s

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  • NIST Values for Fundamental Constants
  • Review of Particle Properties
  • Chris Dolan's Constant Page