OP here. I got that number from the CNN article [1], which they probably quoted for their US audience. It is neither medieval, nor meant to be accurate to the d

OP here. I got that number from the CNN article [1], which they probably quoted for their US audience. It is neither medieval, nor meant to be accurate to the decimals. I love HN comments, but this reminds me of the flame war threads that has very little relationship to the original subject :) Cheers! [1] https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/16/world/massive-neutron-star-scn/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/16/world/massive-neutron-sta...