v0.10
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A lot of interface-breaking changes here, including moving the short forms
from variables ($A_c) to constants (A_c) and changing long names from
adjective_noun to noun_adjective. Values are being updated to reflect
the ones found at nist.gov.
The data files are being moved to xml files and broken up by category.
If there is a deep desire for read-only variables, I will write a new
module that uses Lexical::Import.
List of name changes
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For compatibilities sake, I should create all the
old long names as aliases, so that you can use both
and warn of the breaking change in the documentation.
Import them all as :old
LIGHT_SPEED SPEED_LIGHT
ELECTRON_CHARGE CHARGE_ELEMENTARY
A_RAD DENSITY_RADIATION
VACUUM_IMPEDANCE IMPEDANCE_VACUUM
PERMITIV_FREE_SPACE PERMITIVITY_0
PERMEABL_FREE_SPACE PERMEABILITY_0
HBAR H_BAR
ELECTRON_MASS MASS_ELECTRON
PROTON_MASS MASS_PROTON
NEUTRON_MASS MASS_NEUTRON
HYDROGEN_MASS MASS_HYDROGEN
SOLAR_MASS MASS_SOLAR
SOLAR_RADIUS RADIUS_SOLAR
SOLAR_LUMINOSITY LUMINOSITY_SOLAR
EARTH_MASS MASS_EARTH
EARTH_RADIUS RADIUS_EARTH
RHO_C DENSITY_CRITICAL_RHOc
EARTH_MASS MASS_EARTH
EARTH_RADIUS RADIUS_EARTH
THOMSON_XSECTION THOMSON_CROSS_SECTION
ELECTRON_RADIUS RADIUS_ELECTRON
BOHR_RADIUS RADIUS_BOHR
SOLAR_TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE_SOLAR_SURFACE
CMB_TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE_CMB
SOLAR_DENSITY DENSITY_SOLAR
EARTH_DENSITY DENSITY_EARTH
SOLAR_GRAVITY GRAVITY_SOLAR
EARTH_GRAVITY GRAVITY_EARTH
SOLAR_V_MAG MAGNITUDE_SOLAR_V done
SOLAR_V_ABS_MAG MAGNITUDE_SOLAR_V_ABSOLUTE
LUNAR_RADIUS RADIUS_LUNAR
LUNAR_MASS MASS_LUNAR
LUNAR_SM_AXIS AXIS_SM_LUNAR
LUNAR_ECCENTRICITY ECCENTRICITY_LUNAR
add in new definitions to <cat>conversion
YEAR_TROPICAL 365.242 190 Astronomical Almanac 1993 (update)
YEAR_SIDEREAL 365.256 363 Astronomical Almanac 1993 (update)
YEAR_ANOMALISTIC 365.259 635 Astronomical Almanac 1993 (update)
YEAR_ECLIPSE 346.620 073 Astronomical Almanac 1993 (update)
Candidates for removal
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HUBBLE_TIME - this constant is inherited from Jeremy Bailin's Astroconst.
It is the inverse of the Hubble constant, valued at 100 km/s/Mpc and
is not constant. Suggest moving it into Astro::Cosmology
Introduced
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MASS_ALPHA