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solar radius

In astronomy, the solar radius is a unit of length used to express the size of stars. It is equal to the radius of the Sun. Its value is:

R_{\bigodot} = 6.960\times 10^8\hbox{ m} = 0.004652\hbox{AU} (Astronomical unit)

The solar radius is about 110 times the radius of the Earth.

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