Earth mass

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Earth mass (plural Earth masses) (M_🜨)

(astronomy) A unit of mass equal to that of the Earth, used to express the mass of planets and similar astronomical bodies. 1 M_🜨 = 6 × 10²⁴ kg.
The mass of Jupiter is 318 M_🜨; its radius is 11 R_🜨.

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Unit of mass

Finnish: Maan massa
French: masse terrestre f
Japanese: 地球質量 (chikyū shitsuryō)
Norwegian: jordmasse m
Swedish: jordmassa c

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