Hi, Paul, List, I just posted: > The air in it weighs 14.7 pounds if you start > at sea level, or 1200 grams...
Wrong! Grabbing numbers from a column of numbers, in a hurry, whoops! 1033 grams per sq. cm. is sea level atmospheric pressure in metric. The 1200 gram figure is the weight of a cubic meter of dry air at sea level, in case you're wondering... 14.7 pounds is 6.668 kg. Now, if politicians would correct their mistakes as fast... Sterling -------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Entry Dynamics in Peru In a message dated 10/4/2007 6:40:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The air in it weighs 14.7 pounds if you start at sea level, or 1200 grams. Not to quibble...but I always thought that 14 pounds equaled about 6,000 plus or minus a few grams. Have I missed something? Best regards, Paul Martyn Savannah, GA See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
