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Jeans mass

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Jeans mass has definition The critical mass a volume of space must contain before it will collapse under the force of its own gravity. has source: Clark, S. 1997 Towards the Edge of the Universe, Wiley, 2001-09-27 09:33:15.0
has definition The mass enclosed within a sphere of diameter equal to the Jeans length. has source: Silk, J. 1990 The Big Bang, W. H. Publishers, New York, 2001-09-27 09:33:15.0
is an instance of mass

mass has unit mass unit 2001-09-27 09:33:14.0

number has value 2001-09-27 09:32:57.0

Jeans mass	has definition The critical mass a volume of space must contain before it will collapse under the force of its own gravity.
	has definition The mass enclosed within a sphere of diameter equal to the Jeans length.
	is an instance of mass
mass	has unit mass unit
number	has value