Miscellaneous Units

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Discussion

I am thinking about "natural" units here.

• acceleration due to gravity (on the surface of the earth)
• earth radius [magnify]
• astronomical unit [magnify]
• solar masses
• light year
• parsec
• electron volt: The electron volt is a very nice unit of energy.

Summary

• bullet

Problems

practice

1. Write something.
   • Answer it.
2. Write something.
   • Answer it.
3. Write something.
   • Answer it.
4. Write something completely different.
   • Answer it.

numerical

1. problems

Resources

• general
  • Dictionary of Measures, Units and Conversions, Frank Tapson
  • Units of Measurement, Russ Rowlet
  • World Weights and Measures, Past and Present, sizes.com

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