From d35ce451aa5c0be394a7ccf293fd4e7fd03dc42f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Nilsson Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:43:50 +0200 Subject: Correct Astronomical unit (to 149597870700 m) The IAU changed the definition back in 2012 so that 1 au == 149 597 870 700 m exactly, the BIPM then followed in recognizing this value. Ref: https://www.nature.com/news/the-astronomical-unit-gets-fixed-1.11416 (doi:10.1038/nature.2012.11416) https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si-brochure/SI-Brochure-9.pdf (latest brochure, specifically Tableau 8) --- src/unit-manager.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/unit-manager.c b/src/unit-manager.c index 01f3c16..cb81045 100644 --- a/src/unit-manager.c +++ b/src/unit-manager.c @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ unit_manager_get_default(void) {NULL, "gradian", N_("Gradians"), NC_("unit-format", "%s gradians"), "π*x/200", "200x/π", NC_("unit-symbols", "gradian,gradians,grad")}, {"length", "parsec", N_("Parsecs"), NC_("unit-format", "%s pc"), "30857000000000000x", "x/30857000000000000", NC_("unit-symbols", "parsec,parsecs,pc")}, {NULL, "lightyear", N_("Light Years"), NC_("unit-format", "%s ly"), "9460730472580800x", "x/9460730472580800", NC_("unit-symbols", "lightyear,lightyears,ly")}, - {NULL, "astronomical-unit", N_("Astronomical Units"), NC_("unit-format", "%s au"), "149597870691x", "x/149597870691", NC_("unit-symbols", "au")}, + {NULL, "astronomical-unit", N_("Astronomical Units"), NC_("unit-format", "%s au"), "149597870700x", "x/149597870700", NC_("unit-symbols", "au")}, {NULL, "nautical-mile", N_("Nautical Miles"), NC_("unit-format", "%s nmi"), "1852x", "x/1852", NC_("unit-symbols", "nmi")}, {NULL, "mile", N_("Miles"), NC_("unit-format", "%s mi"), "1609.344x", "x/1609.344", NC_("unit-symbols", "mile,miles,mi")}, {NULL, "kilometer", N_("Kilometers"), NC_("unit-format", "%s km"), "1000x", "x/1000", NC_("unit-symbols", "kilometer,kilometers,km,kms")}, -- cgit v1.2.1