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And Neptune orbits at 30 AU with very low eccentricity, "of course." https://xkcd.com/2501/ https://xkcd.com/2501/
by LeifCarrotson 1y ago
And Neptune orbits at 30 AU with very low eccentricity, "of course."
https://xkcd.com/2501/ https://xkcd.com/2501/
- ben_w 1y agoI was just thinking of this XKCD comic specifically. Most people won't even have the slightest idea what 1 AU is. Most people know less about most topics (including space) than the original ChatGPT (3.5) did — probably only people who at least started a degree with a space sciences module are likely to know more than 3.5, and I expect plenty of space.com readers to be enthusiastic amateurs rather than professionals. That said, I do I expect the average reader of space.com to know what an astronomical unit is, but even so I don't expect them to know the average orbital distance of Pluto. But is even that assumption my quartz?