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solar mass

standard unit of mass in astronomy which is equal to 1.98892 × 10³⁰ kg
Intangible unit_of_mass Q180892
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Summary

solar mass is an unit of mass[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of unit of mass entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,274 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Measured physical quantity: mass[3]
  • Named after: Sun[4]
  • Conversion to SI unit: 1,988,400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg[5]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q180892 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[6]
  • Unit symbol: M☉[7]

Why It Matters

solar mass has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Astronomical Almanac. aa.usno.navy.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Antoni Salvà · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Measured physical quantity → mass
    Instance of → unit of mass
    Named after → —
    Instance of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Conversion to si unit: 1,988,416,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilogram"
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