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minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoMath does not check out. 40 - 90 = -50. Not 50,000. Edit: from the source, the correct statement is “We gain 40 000 t from meteors but also lose about 90 000 t of hydrogen.
minus-squareJay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhoops my bad, my brain was in a different place while I typed.
minus-squareddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWhat is heavier, one ton of meteors or one ton of hydrogen?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoOnly if you use imperial units. The article uses tonnes, which is a unit of mass, not weight.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYes but I would interpret “heavy” to be a function of weight, not mass.
Math does not check out.
40 - 90 = -50. Not 50,000.
Edit: from the source, the correct statement is “We gain 40 000 t from meteors but also lose about 90 000 t of hydrogen.
Whoops my bad, my brain was in a different place while I typed.
What is heavier, one ton of meteors or one ton of hydrogen?
Depends on gravity ;-)
Only if you use imperial units. The article uses tonnes, which is a unit of mass, not weight.
Yes but I would interpret “heavy” to be a function of weight, not mass.
African or European?