astronomy. Symbol k. 0.017 202 098 95, used in defining the astronomical unit of length from the mass of the Sun, using Kepler's third law and a day of 86 400 s, its dimensionality being such that k2 has the dimensions of the Newtonian constant of gravitation.
[The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2002 (Washington: US Government Printing Office and London: HMSO, 2001), also Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac (Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books, 1994).]
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