Astrophysical Formulae Space, Time, Matter and Cosmology
This volume is a reference source of fundamental formulae in physics and astrophysics. In contrast to most of the usual compendia it carefully explains the physical assumptions entering the formulae. All the important results of physical theories are cove
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Symbol
Value
Hubble constant t
Ho
100 h km s- 1Mpc-1
Normalized Hubble constant t
h=Ho/100
0.50 < h < 0.85
Hubble timet
1/Ho
9.778 13 x 109 h- 1years
Age ofUniverset
to
15(5) x 109 years
Critical density of Universe t
p.= 3H~/8nG
1.878 82(24) x 10-29 h 2 g cm-3 2.775 366 27 x 1011 h 2 M 0 Mpc-3 1.053 94(13) x 10-5 h 2 GeV cm-3 0.1 - 0.0000058 sin2 2¢) .
4>
is
(5.24)
The position of a point on the Earth can also be given in relationship to the Earth's center by specifying the geocentric longitude, latitude, and distance, A., 4>', p, or the geocentric equatorial rectangular coordinates, x, y, z. The difference between the geodetic latitude,¢, and the geocentric latitude, 4>', is given by 4>- 4>' = (692.74 sin2¢- 1.16 sin 4¢) seconds of arc . (5.25) Conversion from geodetic (geographic) to geocentric coordinates is straight forward using the following relationships (Seidelmann, 1992):
= p cos 4>' cos A. = (aeC +h) cos 4> cos.A. , y = p cos 4>' sin A. = (aeC +h) cos 4> sin A. , z = p sin 4>' = (aeS + h) sin 4> x
(5.26)
where ae is the equatorial radius of the spheroid, and C and S are auxiliary functions that depend on the geodetic latitude and the flattening f of the reference spheroid. It follows from the properties of the ellipse that C
= (cos2 4> + (1- j) 2 sin2 ¢)-!,
= (1- f) 2 C
S
(5.27)
.
The geocentric distance, or radius, is often given in units of the equatorial radius of the reference spheroid, obtained by dividing the value given here by Series expansions, which contain terms up to f
s=
~f
l-
2
1+
~f 2
for S, C, p, and
4> - 4>' are
~ !2 + ~!3 - (~ f - ~ !2 - ~!3) cos 2¢
+
16
+ c 36/2
c=
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+
32
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-
2
2
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+ c36/2 +
64
32
+
2
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64
:2!3) cos4¢- :4!3 cos6¢
3 ( 2!-64! 1 13 3) cos 2¢ 5 12+ 5 1 3) cos4¢ + 13 1 3cos6¢ , ( 16 1
5
2
(5.28)
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5
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-
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32
(1
+
~!2 ) sin 2¢-
64
G/
2+
~f3 ) sin4¢ + ~f3 sin 6¢
.
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5. Space, Time, Matter and Cosmology
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