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 | 999,999,730 °C |
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