Astronomical Unit (AU): Unit of distance. Defined as the
distance between Earth and the Sun, or 1.496 x 10^8 kilometer.
Circumstellar: Adjective for something that "surrounds a star". If
something surrounds two stars, circumstellar becomes "circumbinary".
Earth Mass (M_earth): 5.974 x 10^24 kilograms
Extrasolar or Exosolar: Planets or objects orbiting stars
other than the Sun. For example, an extrasolar planet is a planet
around another star.
Jupiter Mass (M_jup): 1.899 x 10^27 kilograms
Lunar Mass (M_lunar): 7.349 x 10^22 kilograms
Meter (m): The base unit of length in the International System
of Units. Equal to about 39.37 inches.
Micron: Unit of distance, one million times smaller than a meter.
Millimeter (mm): Unit of distance, one thousand times smaller than a meter.
Parsec (pc): Unit of distance. 3.09 x 10^13 km or 206265 AU or 3.3 light year
Solar: Pertaining to the Sun.
Solar Luminosity (L_sun): 3.90 x 10^26 Watts
Solar Mass (M_sun): 1.99 x 10^30 kilograms
Solar Radius (R_sun): 6.96 x 10^8 meter
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