claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square258linkfedilinkarrow-up1210
arrow-up1210message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square258linkfedilink
minus-squarepodian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoAll Very true facts. I admit I was and am still taken aback by the measurement and extrapolation of linear distances using… circumference.
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYou could calculate it more accurately, of course. But the relationship between earth’s circumference and the distance to the moon is roughly 1:10, purely by coincidence, making it easy to calculate an estimate when scaling earth up or down.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoYeah it’s a weird way to make the distances sound shorter than pi*(a measurement we all can visualize).
All Very true facts. I admit I was and am still taken aback by the measurement and extrapolation of linear distances using… circumference.
You could calculate it more accurately, of course. But the relationship between earth’s circumference and the distance to the moon is roughly 1:10, purely by coincidence, making it easy to calculate an estimate when scaling earth up or down.
Yeah it’s a weird way to make the distances sound shorter than pi*(a measurement we all can visualize).