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What do they measure stars in?

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Anonymous

7y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

What you measure something in depends on what property you want to measure. For example, whether you want to measure the star's diameter, its density, its surface temperature, its mass, etc.Two measurement systems are often used:

1) SI units, for example, diameter in kilometers, mass in kilograms, etc.

2) Some properties, and especially diameter and mass, are often compared with the Sun's mass; for example, a certain star might be said to have 2.1 times the mass of the Sun.

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7y ago

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