Yes, you are right. I fixed it below. But either way the number in miles still never ends. I wonder what effect that would have if one was traveling to a distant galaxy using miles. Would the round off errors cause a problem in locating the planet?
Jerry ________________________________ From: John M. Steele <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:47:08 AM Subject: [USMA:44178] Re: The speed of light Slow light day? Either the decimal or the prefix is wrong by 1000. Try 299.792 458 Mm/s or 299 792.458 km/s --- On Sun, 3/29/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:44175] Re: The speed of light To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 12:09 AM I hope you told him there is no correct value in miles as 299 792.458 km/s / 1.609 344 km/mile results in a number that never ends. Jerry
