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(0, 5, 0) = 999.96675 kg m - 3 ,
Values for checking are
ρ
ρ
(35, 5, 0) = 1027.67547 kg
m - 3 , and
(0, 5, 0) = 1062.53817 kg m - 3 .
ρ
A.2 Physical Information of the Environment
1. General physics constants
G = 6.67 × 10 - 11 Nm 2 kg - 2
Gravitational constant
N A = 6.022142 × 10 23
Avogadro ' s number
h = 6.626068 × 10 - 34 Js
Planck ' s constant
k B = 1.3807 × 10 - 23 JK - 1
Boltzmann ' s constant
s = 5.670400 × 10 - 8 Wm - 2 K - 4
Stefan-Boltzmann constant
c o = 2.99792458 × 10 8 ms - 1
Velocity of light in vacuum
R = 8.3145 J K - 1 mol - 1
Universal gas constant
Celcius Kelvin conversion
T [K] = T [ ° C] + 273.15
2. Earth
Equatorial radius
6378.140 km
Polar radius
6356.755 km
5.101 × 10 14 m 2
Surface area
5515 kg m - 3
Mean density
g = 9.80665 m s - 2
Standard acceleration due to gravity
(at 45 ° latitude)
Period of rotation
23 h 56 min 4.10 s
Ω = 0.7292 × 10 - 5 s - 1
Rotation rate
Inclination of rotation axis
23
°
27'
3. Sun
Q sc = 1367 W m - 2
Solar constant
Sunlight (400 - 700 nm) fraction
ʳ 0.48 (range 0.44 - 0.50)
The Sun
-
Earth distance (r)
2
¼ 1 : 000110 þ 0 : 034221
AU
r
cos
j þ 0 : 001280
sin
j þ 0 : 00719
cos
2j
þ 0 : 000077
sin
2j
10 9 m is the astronomical unit equal to the mean Earth
where AU = 149.60
·
Sun distance,
-
and j =(J
1)
·
2
π
/365, J is the day of year (J = 1.0 on January 1st, 00.00 h).
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