A giant molecular cloud is 30 pc in diameter and has a density of 330 hydrogen molecules/cm. What is its mass in units of solar masses? (Notes: The volume of a sphere isTR, and the mass of a hydrogen atom is 1.67 x 10-27 kg. A hydrogen molecule consists of 2 H atoms.)
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A giant molecular cloud is 30 pc in diameter and has a density of 339 hydrogen molecules/cm^3. What is it's mass in units of solar masses? (notes: the volume of a sphere is 4/3pieR^3, and the mass of a hydrogen atom is 1.67 x 10^-27kg. A hydrogen molecule consists of 2 H atoms
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