Table : APPENDIX I SOME USEFUL ASTRONOMICAL QUANTITIES

Astronomical unit:

1 AU = 1.496 × 1011 m

Light-year:

1 ly = 9.461 × 1015 m

       = 63,240 AU

Parsec:

1 pc = 3.086 × 1016 m

        = 3.262 ly

Solar mass:

1 M = 1.989 × 1030 kg

Solar radius:

1 R = 6.960 × 108 m

Solar luminosity:

1 L = 3.827 × 1026 W

Earth’s mass:

1 M = 5.974 × 1024 kg

Earth’s equatorial radius:

1 R = 6.378 × 106 m

Moon’s mass:

1 MMoon = 7.349 × 1022 kg

Moon’s equatorial radius:

1 RMoon = 1.738 × 106 m