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Quantity
Symbol
Value (cgs units)
Value (eV units)
erg (unit of energy)
erg
1 cm^2 g s^-2
6.2415 × 10e11 eV
atomic mass unit
u
1.6605 × 10e-24 g
931.494 MeV/c^2
neutron mass
m_n
1.6749× 10e-24 g
939.563 MeV/c^2
proton mass
m_p
1.6726× 10e-24 g
938.272 MeV/c^2
electron mass
m_e
9.1094 × 10e-28 g
0.511 MeV/c^2
electron charge
e
4.8032 × 10e10 cm^3/2 g^1/2 s^-1
Stefan-Boltmann constant
σ
5.6704 × 10e-5 g s^-3 K^-4
Boltzmann's constant
k
1.3807 × 10e-16 cm^2 g s^-2 K^-1
8.6173 × 10e-5 eV K^-1
reduced Planck's constant
ℏ = h/2π
1.0546 × 10e-27 cm^2 g s^-1
6.5821 × 10e-16 eV s
Planck's constant
h
6.6261 × 10e-27 cm2 g s-1
4.1357 × 10e-15 eV s
Newton's gravitational constant
G
6.6743 × 10e-8 cm^3 g^-1 s^-2
speed of light (in a vacuum)
c
2.99792458 × 10e10 cm s^-1
Astronomical Constant
Symbol
Value (cgs units)
year
yr
3.156 × 10e7 s
light-year
ly
9.461 × 10e17 cm
parsec
pc
3.086 × 10e18 cm
astronomical unit
AU
1.496 × 10e13 cm
Solar luminosity
L☉
3.839 × 10e33 erg s^-1
Jupiter radius
R_J
7.149 × 10e9 cm
Earth radius
R⊕
6.378 × 10e8 cm
Solar radius
R☉
6.955 × 10e10 cm
Jupiter Mass
M_J
1.899 × 10e30 g
Earth Mass
M⊕
5.974 × 10e27 g
Solar Mass
M☉
1.989 × 10e33 g

Astronomical Constants

Physical Constants

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