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- From: dsg@impmh.uucp (Dave Gordon)
- Subject: Physical Constants List
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.112746.8664@impmh.uucp>
- Organization: Integrated Micro Products Ltd
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:27:46 GMT
- Lines: 111
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- As I suggested a few months ago, this group seems to be in need of
- some numerical values to plug into its proposed schemes. So I have
- started compiling a list of physical, mathematical and astronomical
- values and equations. These are taken from various sources, and
- I have converted them all to SI (using the units(1) program). If
- anyone has any corrections, improvements, or suggestions, please
- mail them to me and I will incorporate them into the next version
- of this list.
-
- ========================================================================
-
- Mathematical Constants
- ======================
-
- Quantity Symbol Value Units
- ======== ====== ===== =====
-
- pi 3.1415927
- e 2.7182818
-
- Equations
- =========
-
- Circumference of a circle of radius r
-
- C = 2*pi*r
-
- Area of a circle of radius r
-
- A = pi*r^2
-
- Surface area of a sphere of radius r
-
- A = 4*pi*r^2
-
- Volume of a sphere of radius r
-
- V = (4/3)*pi*r^3
-
- Physical Constants
- ==================
-
- Quantity Symbol Value Units
- ======== ====== ===== =====
-
- Speed of light c 2.99792458e8 m s^-1
- Plancks constant h 6.626176e-34 J s
- Plancks constant hbar 1.054589e-34 J s
- Gravitational constant G 6.672e-11 N m^2 kg^-2
- Charge on an electron e 1.6021892e-19 C
- Mass of an electron m(e) 9.109534e-31 kg
- Mass of a proton u 1.6605655e-27 kg
- Avogadro's number n(A) 6.022045e23
- Boltzmann's constant k 1.380662e-23 J K^-1
- Molar volume at STP Vm(STP) 2.241383e-2 m^3
-
- Equations
- =========
-
- Gravitational attration between two masses m1 and m2 separated
- by a distance d (Newton)
-
- F = G*m1*m2*d^-2
-
- Mass-energy equivalence (Einstein)
-
- E = m*c^2
-
- Astronomical Constants
- ======================
-
- Quantity Symbol Value Units
- ======== ====== ===== =====
-
- Mass of the Earth m(E) 6e24 kg
- Mass of the Moon m(L) 7e22 kg
- Mass of the Sun m(S) 2e30 kg
- Radius of the Sun r(S) 7e8 m
- Temperature of the Sun (surface) 6e3 K
- Temperature of the Sun (core) 1.4e7 K
- Total solar radiation 4e26 W (J s^-1)
- Distance Earth-Sun au 1.495979e+11 m
- Light-year ly 9.460530e+15 m
-
- Equations
- =========
-
- Radius of a (spherical, non-rotating) black hole of mass m (Schwartzchild)
-
- r = 2*G*m*c^-2
-
- ========================================================================
-
- So, as an example, I can use these figures to calculate the incident
- solar radiation at a distance of 1au:
-
- Total solar radiation
- ------------------------------------
- Surface area of sphere of radius 1au
-
- 4e26/(4*pi*1.495979e+11^2) = ~1400 W m^-2
-
- Thus a mirror in Earth orbit could collect well over *1GW* per square
- kilometre, even after allowing for losses. That's a lot of power - surely
- someone can find an application for it (diverting asteroids springs to mind)!
- --
-
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- Dave | dsg@imp.co.uk | +44 753 516599 | I am not a .sig virus, I am a free bug!
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