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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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