Solar mass | |
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![]() The Sun contains 99.86% of the mass of the Solar System. Bodies less massive than Saturn are not visible at this scale. | |
General information | |
Unit system | astronomy |
Unit of | mass |
Symbol | M☉ |
In SI base units | 1.9884×1030 kg[1] |
The solar mass (M☉) is a standard unit of mass in astronomy, equal to approximately 2×1030 kg. It is approximately equal to the mass of the Sun. It is often used to indicate the masses of other stars, as well as stellar clusters, nebulae, galaxies and black holes. More precisely, the mass of the sun is
The solar mass is about 333000 times the mass of Earth (ME), or 1047 times the mass of Jupiter (MJ).