solar mass
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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How to use solar mass in a sentence
In the stages of concentration the planetary nebulæ might well repeat those through which the greater solar mass proceeded.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerThis speed, caused by the solar mass itself, keeps our planet at the same mean distance from the central star.
Urania | Camille FlammarionThe separation of the planets from their parent solar mass seems to be after all but a temporary separation.
The Unseen World and Other Essays | John FiskeIt is easy to see, then, that this "giant planet" would produce enormous tidal elevations in the solar mass.
The Asteroids | Daniel Kirkwood
British Dictionary definitions for solar mass
an astronomical unit of mass equal to the sun's mass, 1.981 × 10 30 kilograms: Symbol: M ⊙
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