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solar radius
Also known as R☉, solRad
unit of measurement
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The solar radius is the distance from the Sun's center to its surface, equal to about 696,000 kilometers. Scientists use this measurement as a standard unit to describe the sizes of stars, since comparing objects across the universe is easier when using the Sun as a reference point.
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- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent
- wd:Q48440 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)
- conversion to standard unit
- 432288
- conversion to SI unit
- 695700000
- unit symbol
- R☉
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A solar radius is a unit of distance, commonly understood as 695,700 km and expressed as
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