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Re: [Phys-l] Fun/cool unit conversion example?



How many earth-diameters is it from here to the moon? I was surprised
at how few it is.

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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Loats
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:17 PM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: [Phys-l] Fun/cool unit conversion example?

Hi all,

On the first day of class I do a brief example to illustrate unit
conversion
(snore) and I usually spice it up by making it very silly (such as
density
measured in gigaslugs per parsec cubed).

I thought I would ask here to see if anyone had a neat unit conversion
example that left you with a sense of "huh, I didn't know that" or
"that was
cool!" or something similar.

Cheers,

Jeff
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