solar mass
noun
: the mass of the sun used as a unit for the expression of the masses of other celestial objects and equal to about 2 × 1030 kilograms
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If the black hole doesn’t spin, or the material falls in the opposite direction to that spin, the upper limit falls to the 50 billion solar mass figure.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2025
But 4 billion light-years away, a tightly orbiting pair of supermassive black holes known as OJ 287 resides, with a ~150 million solar mass black hole orbiting one of tens of billions of solar masses every ~11-12 years.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Aug. 2025
In fact, the iconic galaxy births less than one solar mass of stars annually, which is roughly half of what our own galaxy produces, and shockingly less than other galaxies, such as Messier 82, which produces ten times the amount of stars birthed in the Milky Way.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
Scientists estimate that the rings of the Sombrero galaxy produce less than one solar mass of stars each year, with one solar mass equaling the mass of our sun.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2025
But 4 billion light-years away, a tightly orbiting pair of supermassive black holes known as OJ 287 resides, with a ~150 million solar mass black hole orbiting one of tens of billions of solar masses every ~11-12 years.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Aug. 2025
In fact, the iconic galaxy births less than one solar mass of stars annually, which is roughly half of what our own galaxy produces, and shockingly less than other galaxies, such as Messier 82, which produces ten times the amount of stars birthed in the Milky Way.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
Scientists estimate that the rings of the Sombrero galaxy produce less than one solar mass of stars each year, with one solar mass equaling the mass of our sun.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Solar mass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20mass. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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