BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-squaremessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down129
arrow-up1517arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareeldainlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoEarth’s circumference is 40 Mm. 1 AU is 14 Gm. I could get used to this.
minus-squarePowerSeries@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoThe moon is 400Mm away. Never say thousand kilometers again, the mega is the way. Imaging if we started saying millions of kilobytes instead of GB.
minus-squareeldainlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThe Andromeda galaxy is ~23.6 Zm away. The metric system reaches far.
Earth’s circumference is 40 Mm. 1 AU is 14 Gm. I could get used to this.
The moon is 400Mm away. Never say thousand kilometers again, the mega is the way.
Imaging if we started saying millions of kilobytes instead of GB.
The Andromeda galaxy is ~23.6 Zm away. The metric system reaches far.