v0.10 ===== A lot of interface-breaking changes here, including moving the short forms from variables ($A_c) to constants (A_c) and changing long names from adjective_noun to noun_adjective. Values are being updated to reflect the ones found at nist.gov. The data files are being moved to xml files and broken up by category. If there is a deep desire for read-only variables, I will write a new module that uses Lexical::Import. List of name changes ==================== For compatibilities sake, I should create all the old long names as aliases, so that you can use both and warn of the breaking change in the documentation. Import them all as :old LIGHT_SPEED SPEED_LIGHT ELECTRON_CHARGE CHARGE_ELEMENTARY A_RAD DENSITY_RADIATION VACUUM_IMPEDANCE IMPEDANCE_VACUUM PERMITIV_FREE_SPACE PERMITIVITY_0 PERMEABL_FREE_SPACE PERMEABILITY_0 HBAR H_BAR ELECTRON_MASS MASS_ELECTRON PROTON_MASS MASS_PROTON NEUTRON_MASS MASS_NEUTRON HYDROGEN_MASS MASS_HYDROGEN SOLAR_MASS MASS_SOLAR SOLAR_RADIUS RADIUS_SOLAR SOLAR_LUMINOSITY LUMINOSITY_SOLAR EARTH_MASS MASS_EARTH EARTH_RADIUS RADIUS_EARTH RHO_C DENSITY_CRITICAL_RHOc EARTH_MASS MASS_EARTH EARTH_RADIUS RADIUS_EARTH THOMSON_XSECTION THOMSON_CROSS_SECTION ELECTRON_RADIUS RADIUS_ELECTRON BOHR_RADIUS RADIUS_BOHR SOLAR_TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE_SOLAR_SURFACE CMB_TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE_CMB SOLAR_DENSITY DENSITY_SOLAR EARTH_DENSITY DENSITY_EARTH SOLAR_GRAVITY GRAVITY_SOLAR EARTH_GRAVITY GRAVITY_EARTH SOLAR_V_MAG MAGNITUDE_SOLAR_V done SOLAR_V_ABS_MAG MAGNITUDE_SOLAR_V_ABSOLUTE LUNAR_RADIUS RADIUS_LUNAR LUNAR_MASS MASS_LUNAR LUNAR_SM_AXIS AXIS_SM_LUNAR LUNAR_ECCENTRICITY ECCENTRICITY_LUNAR add in new definitions to conversion YEAR_TROPICAL 365.242 190 Astronomical Almanac 1993 (update) YEAR_SIDEREAL 365.256 363 Astronomical Almanac 1993 (update) YEAR_ANOMALISTIC 365.259 635 Astronomical Almanac 1993 (update) YEAR_ECLIPSE 346.620 073 Astronomical Almanac 1993 (update) Candidates for removal ====================== HUBBLE_TIME - this constant is inherited from Jeremy Bailin's Astroconst. It is the inverse of the Hubble constant, valued at 100 km/s/Mpc and is not constant. Suggest moving it into Astro::Cosmology