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The squares are 9m^2, surface area of the earth is 510 trillion m^2, so there’s about 50 trillion squares. You’re not fitting that in an app
by bspammer 5y ago
The squares are 9m^2, surface area of the earth is 510 trillion m^2, so there’s about 50 trillion squares. You’re not fitting that in an app
- jonnycomputer 5y agoI think the surface area of the earth is 196,936,994 m^2 That's 21,881,888 3x3 squares. The surface area of Jupiter is 23 trillion m^2.
- noir_lord 5y agoIt is 510.1 trillion m² (google result). 3x3 is 510.1/9 - 56 trillion (and change). > 196,936,994 m^2 Is equivalent to a perfect square with sides 14km long...they say it's a small world..but not that small.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoThe explanation of the discrepancy is that I had interpreted the numbers in OP article and in parent as miles, not meters. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/by-the-numbers/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/by-the-numbers/ Volume: 6.73 x 1011 cubic miles (1.083 x 1012 km3) Radius: 3,959 miles (6,371 km) Diameter: 7,918 miles (12,742 km) Surface Area: 1.97 x108 square miles (5.1 x 108 km2) Mass: 5.972 x 1024 kg
- SamBam 5y agoThe standard symbol for "square miles" is "sq mi." "m²" or "m ^ 2" universally refers to square meters (unless you've established unambiguously that you're talking about miles — and even if you have it should still be "sq mi").
- cybergibbons 5y agoYour surface area is totally incorrect.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoIt is not incorrect. Its in US miles, not meters. I mistook the original as posting in miles and responded in kind. meters makes more sense--more fine-grained.
- cybergibbons 5y agoYes, that's pretty much the definition of incorrect.