This repository hosts a simple website where the user can convert between various distance, time or mass units that are relevant to the study of extrasolar planets.
I wrote this converter in Python many years ago when I was fed up of converting Earth masses to Jupiter masses, and I thought it was time I put it somewhere online.
It's a simple HTML page with the conversion driven by some (vanilla) Javascript. You can visit it at https://dh4gan.github.io/exo-units
There are some slightly unorthodox units in the converter, which I have found handy in the past for outreach work. If you want to add more, submit a pull request!
cm, m, km, miles
double decker buses, blue whales
Moon/Mars/Earth/Neptune/Saturn/Jupiter/Solar Radii
AU
lightyears, parsecs (pc), kpc, Mpc, Gpc, attoparsecs
Defined in distance_choices, distance_values in quiz.js
g, kg
double decker buses, blue whales
Moon/Mars/Earth/Neptune/Saturn/Jupiter/Solar Masses
Defined in mass_choices, mass_values in quiz.js
seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years
Martian sols, Martian years
Jovian years
Brexits
Defined in time_choices, time_values in quiz.js