Anyone willing to sell me a large lunar stone based on it's lunar weight but earth $/g, let me know.
Mendy >________________________________ > From: Michael Mulgrew <mikest...@gmail.com> >To: Don Merchant <dmerc...@rochester.rr.com> >Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 2:08 PM >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Significant digits > >Kilograms are a unit of mass, which is regardless of the force of >gravity. Although often spoken of as "weight", correctly it should be >referred to as "mass". > >Michael in so. Cal. > >On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Don Merchant <dmerc...@rochester.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Wouldn't it of progressively obtained more weight as it came closer to the >> surface of the Earth? Isn't it true the higher you climb into the sky the >> less you would weigh so if true then the opposite must be true! So what was >> the weight when it exploded, since it was closer to the surface of the Earth >> as opposed to entering the atmosphere? Hmmm...a little food for thought to >> factor in to all you geniuses out there. >> Sincerely >> Don Merchant >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matson, Robert D." >> <robert.d.mat...@saic.com> >> To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 3:54 PM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Significant digits >> >> >> >>> Hi Greg, >>> >>> Good old empty precision on a number converted from metric units. >>> 11,000 metric tons = 24250848.8 lbs. The humorous thing is that >>> I seriously doubt the original mass is known to better than a >>> factor of 3, so none of the digits are significant. --Rob >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
