solar mass

American  

noun

1. the unit, equivalent to the mass of the sun, in which the masses of stars and other celestial objects are given.

   a black hole of one million solar masses.

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solar mass British  

noun

1.  M.  an astronomical unit of mass equal to the sun's mass, 1.981 × 10 ³⁰ kilograms

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solar mass

In terms of the quantity of the gas being expelled, scientists ascertained that ionised- and neutral-gas outflows measured by their equipment ultimately reached "0.14–2.9 and 30–100 solar mass per year, respectively."

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024

For the three stars with detected astrospheres, named 70 Ophiuchi, epsilon Eridani, and 61 Cygni, the researchers estimated their mass loss rates to be 66.5±11.1, 15.6±4.4, and 9.6±4.1 times the solar mass loss rate, respectively.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024

As the star dies in a supernova, protons and electrons in its core are crushed into a compressed solar mass that combines intense gravity with high-speed rotation and powerful magnetic forces, according to NASA.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2022

A little more than a week earlier, a giant solar mass ejection nearly caused technological calamity on Earth.Credit...

From New York Times ● May 28, 2021

This partial anticipation of the modern view that the solar radiations are maintained by some process of circulation within the solar mass, was reached by Herschel through prolonged study of the phenomena in question.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)