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Parameters

Physical Parameters
  • Speed of Light = 29979245800 cm/s
  • 1 AU = 149597870.691 km
  • Boltzmann's Constant = 1.3807E-16 erg/K

Assumed Flux of Calibrator Sources

  S-Band  X-Band 
3C48  10.893 Jy 3.313 Jy

3C123

32.337 Jy 9.433 Jy
3C147 14.939 Jy 4.579 Jy
3C218 25.929 Jy 7.951 Jy
3C274 137.99 Jy 48.344 Jy
3C286 11.237 Jy 5.057 Jy
3C295 13.99 Jy 3.353 Jy

Flux Calibrator Size Correction Factors

  S-Band  X-Band 
3C48  1 1

3C123

1.001 1.007
3C147 1 1
3C218 1.002 1.022
3C274 1.05 1.087
3C286 1
1
3C295 1 1


Planetary Diameters

Planetary diameters from the 2006 Astronomical Almanac,

published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.


  Equatorial Polar
Mercury 4879.4 km 4879.4 km

Venus

12103.6 km 12103.6 km
Mars 6792.4 km 6752.4 km
Jupiter 142984 km 133708 km
Saturn 120536 km 108728 km
Uranus 51118 km 49946 km
Neptune 49528 km 48682 km