Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 An introduction to SI units
- 3 Dimensional analysis
- 4 Unit of angular measure (radian)
- 5 Unit of time (second)
- 6 Unit of length (metre)
- 7 Unit of mass (kilogram)
- 8 Unit of luminous intensity (candela)
- 9 Unit of thermodynamic temperature (kelvin)
- 10 Unit of electric current (ampere)
- 11 Unit of amount of substance (mole)
- 12 Astronomical taxonomy
- References
- Index
4 - Unit of angular measure (radian)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 An introduction to SI units
- 3 Dimensional analysis
- 4 Unit of angular measure (radian)
- 5 Unit of time (second)
- 6 Unit of length (metre)
- 7 Unit of mass (kilogram)
- 8 Unit of luminous intensity (candela)
- 9 Unit of thermodynamic temperature (kelvin)
- 10 Unit of electric current (ampere)
- 11 Unit of amount of substance (mole)
- 12 Astronomical taxonomy
- References
- Index
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- Using SI Units in Astronomy , pp. 30 - 53Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011