Densities and Lengthscales of Interest

Porbit nH2 Dv/Dr
@ 500 pc

a[AU]*
[years] [cm-3] [km s-1/arcsec]
1 Msun ½ Msun





375,000 3 × 105 0.04 5000
20,000 1 × 108 0.75 590
4000 3 × 109 3.7 250
1000 4 × 1010 15 100
300 5 × 1011 50 50
100 4 × 1012 150 20

Matches properties of Bok Globule CB 230 [Launhardt, Sargent & Zinnecker 2000]
Matches properties of IRAS 04365+2535 in Taurus [Ohashi et al. 1997, ApJ, 488, 317]

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