GK\text{GK}

gigakelvin

Temperatureexact by definition

A gigakelvin is 10⁹ K exactly. Nuclear astrophysics lives here and has its own shorthand for it: T₉, meaning temperature in units of 10⁹ K. Silicon burning in a massive star runs near 3 GK, and core collapse pushes past 10.

1 GK\text{GK} 999,999,730 ∘C^{\circ}\text{C}

One gigakelvin in every temperature unit

1.00000e+18nanokelvin (nK)
1.00000e+15microkelvin (μK)
1,000,000,000,000millikelvin (mK)
1,800,000,000degree Fahrenheit (°F)
1,800,000,000degree Rankine (°R)
1,000,000,000kelvin (K)
1,000,000,000degree Celsius (°C)
800,000,000degree Réaumur (°Ré)
1,000,000kilokelvin (kK)
1,000megakelvin (MK)
1gigakelvin (GK)this unit