M☉ = Solar Mass[1]. Huh. > astronomers have the worst conventions in the world (for largely “historical reasons”)[2] You don't say. [1] http://en.wikipedia.o

M☉ = Solar Mass[1]. Huh. > astronomers have the worst conventions in the world (for largely “historical reasons”)[2] You don't say. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_mass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_mass [2] article