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infogulch
2y ago
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Astrophysicists have some funny conventions. Like how everything but hydrogen and helium are "metals":
https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/20120...
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gdprrrr
2y ago
Those 2% "metals" are basically considered a rounding error and can be ignored.
Also π ≈ 1.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2205:_Types_of_Ap...
infogulch
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2y ago
Is that true? I don't know if I can trust a person made of metal.
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