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The semimajor axis of the Earth's orbit around the Sun at one particular epoch (I believe the
year 1900), equal to
m according to the International Astronomical Union 1976 System of
Astronomical Constants. It is technically defined as the radius of a circular orbit around the Sun followed by a
hypothetical massless particle possessing an orbital period of days, where
is the
Gaussian gravitational constant.

© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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