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> our calculated circumference of the 25 billion mile diameter circle would be wrong by 1.5 inches JPL uses imperial units?
by Grimburger 4y ago
> our calculated circumference of the 25 billion mile diameter circle would be wrong by 1.5 inches
JPL uses imperial units?
- Hayvok 4y agoJPL uses metric for calculations. It’s an education article, and the author mentions he first got the question from (presumably American) students so it makes sense he would answer in imperial units that an American middle schooler could understand.
- dotancohen 4y ago> It’s an education article Then it should use the actual units that the students will use for engineering and scientific calculations. Saying "it's education" is not an excuse to not teach.