Estimation quiz!
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08-01-2020, 11:16 PM
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RE: Estimation quiz!
(08-01-2020 07:30 AM)Thomas Okken Wrote: The distance between the sun and Earth is my favorite almost-round number, at 499 light-seconds. I've always taken that value at exactly 500 seconds (i.e.: 8 min 20 sec.) as the distance between the sun and the Earth varies by as much as 5 MKm between aphelion (~152.1 Mkm) and perihelion (147.1 Mkm), and that's plus or minus ~8 light-seconds, give or take a second. So 500 it is for me. Easier to remember and way "rounder" (in base 10; for a round value in base 2, the value 512 (1,000,000,0002) would do Regards. V. All My Articles & other Materials here: Valentin Albillo's HP Collection |
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