Anything But Metric
Americans will use anything but metric
The Rules:
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Posts must be a screenshot, crosspost, or link to someone using a bizarre unit of measurement (33 lanes wide, as heavy as 10 semi-trucks, etc.)
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Standard units are not allowed, unless it's a sufficiently bizarre usage of the unit (this is up to mod discretion.)
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Intentionally terrible units are completely fine! Satire is welcome here
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Curses are fine, slurs are not. If there are slurs in something you want to post, please blur them, or reconsider posting.
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Flag NSFW content as such. NSFW words in these posts don't need to be censored.
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Post titles should be just the unit of measurement used (not the thing being measured!), and should be the full name of the unit (Apples and Bags of Apples imply very different things!) NSFW units should be partially censored. If there are multiple units, list as many as you want. If the source is satire, the title should start with [Satire]
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In the comments be civil, both to each other AND the subject of posts.
Mod Policy:
- All removes and bans will have a reason provided, and locked threads will have a stickied comment explaining the lock.
- Currently, this is just policy. If more mods join, these will become rules for mods. (Can't exactly punish myself, can I?)
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It seems baby elephants weight 100-200 kg depending on the species, let's say 150
Corgis are 50-70 cm in length, let's say 60
If we assume that the meteoroid was a sphere with a diameter of 1 Corgi length, that would make the density
150 kg / (τ/3 * (60 cm / 2)^3) ≈ 2652 kg/m³
If we assume that the meteoroid was the same volume as a Corgi, it's a bit more difficult to estimate. Corgis are kind of like a cylinder with 60 cm height and 20 cm diameter. That would put the density at
150 kg / (τ/2 * (20 cm / 2)^2 * 60 cm) ≈ 7958 kg/m³
Both are reasonable for a meteoroid; the first one would likely be an S-type asteroid (consists of silicates), the second an M-type (consists of metals).
Huh. Thanks. Turns out baby elephants weigh less and corgis are longer than I thought.
Maybe it'd've been better to use metric, after all.