A few minutes ago I posted the following to Dr. Tony Phillips regarding the page "Surprises from the Edge of the Solar System".
I find it odd that this non-metric practice of using non-metric units hangs on. I find it even stranger when the SI is not done correctly! Should you feel like voicing your concerns as well, please do read the article. It's actually quite fascinating. And if you do comment, please do not refer to my comments. Let's not make this look like "piling on". Jim [quote] Hello, Tony, I haven't written to you for quite some time, though I frequently read your online articles. I have one correction and one suggestion for you regarding your article at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/21sep_voyager.htm?list93217 Unit names in the SI are not capitalized when spelled out. Thus "nanoTesla" should be "nanotesla". You formed the prefix correctly, nT. Also, and again, please forego miles as a unit of measure. Absolutely nobody on Earth has a feel for what 34 000 miles per hour is anyway, even if the inane unit symbol mph is used. The magnitude is beyond normal reader experience. So, please, stick to meters, kilometers, and so forth. I think that this speed would have meant more as 15 m/s than your "34,000 mph". After all, who in our country has not seen a meter stick? Jim [end quote] -- James R. Frysinger Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist Senior Member, IEEE http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University/College of Charleston 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 843.953.7644 (phone) 843.953.4824 (FAX) Home: 10 Captiva Row Charleston, SC 29407 843.225.0805
