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solar mass

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.



solar mass

noun

  1. an astronomical unit of mass equal to the sun's mass, 1.981 × 10 30kilograms M
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In the stages of concentration the planetary nebulæ might well repeat those through which the greater solar mass proceeded.

This speed, caused by the solar mass itself, keeps our planet at the same mean distance from the central star.

The separation of the planets from their parent solar mass seems to be after all but a temporary separation.

It is easy to see, then, that this "giant planet" would produce enormous tidal elevations in the solar mass.

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