As many of you know, it has often irritated me that astronomers use old
cgs units and even non-metric units. The information below is from the
style guidance provided by the American Astronomical Society to authors
submitting papers for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. I am not
a member of the AAS, so I have no official standing in this matter.
Alas.
I don't know yet what, if any, guidance the International Astronomical
Union provides.
Jim
THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
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1. PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT
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1.2. Style
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5. Standard abbreviations for SI units (e.g., m, km, mm) or natural
units (e.g., AU, pc, cm) should be used. If English units such as inches
or pounds per square inch are used, metric equivalents should be given
in parentheses. Expressions of rate, such as kilometers per second, ergs
per meter, etc. should always be set as, e.g., km s-1, ergs m-1, not
km/s, ergs/m.
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Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!"
James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/
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