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Solar physics > Solar radius

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Solar radius  

Definition

  • A unit of length, representing the radius of the Sun, used to express the size of stars in astrophysics. It is equivalent to: 695,700 km, 0.00465047 astronomical units, 7.35355 x 10^-8 light-years, and 2.32061 light-seconds. (en)

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http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1488

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