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davenn reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Graduate How can a 1 kilometer body (3i/Atlas) flip 180 degrees suddenly? with
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@Julian_M YouTube videos are not valid references here. The paper you have cited does not support any of the claims you are making, and... -
I wasn't sure where to put this one, but I put it here... (I thought about posting in the Favorite Songs thread, but this is a sketch...
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Best legal disclaimer ever.
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davenn replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.
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davenn reacted to Dale's post in the thread Undergrad Why is SI taught in US university physics courses instead of cgs? with
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Maxwell's equations are different in SI vs CGS units. The best source for that is this table from Wikipedia... -
davenn reacted to Andy Resnick's post in the thread Undergrad Why is SI taught in US university physics courses instead of cgs? with Love.
Or perhaps a wee dram of whisky :)
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davenn reacted to phyzguy's post in the thread Undergrad Why is SI taught in US university physics courses instead of cgs? with Love.
Have fun buying a capacitor in statFarads.
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davenn reacted to berkeman's post in the thread Undergrad Why is SI taught in US university physics courses instead of cgs? with
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Can you give a couple examples where using cgs units helped you in your understanding of Physics versus using SI units? Thanks. -
davenn reacted to Dale's post in the thread Undergrad Why is SI taught in US university physics courses instead of cgs? with Like.
Most publications in most STEM fields require SI. There are exceptions, of course, and hybrid units. But most professional science uses SI.
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davenn reacted to phyzguy's post in the thread Graduate How to compute the path 3i/Atlas will take when it passes near Jupiter? with Like.
Why do you care if it passes slightly inside or slightly outside of the Hill radius? It won't make any significant difference in its...
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davenn reacted to Julian_M's post in the thread Graduate How to compute the path 3i/Atlas will take when it passes near Jupiter? with
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Can someone please compute it. I don't know how to use them. If the Hill Radius is 53.5 million from Jupiter. I want to know if 3i/Atlas... -
davenn reacted to phyzguy's post in the thread Graduate How to compute the path 3i/Atlas will take when it passes near Jupiter? with Like.
So the JPL websire you linked says that Atlas-3I will pass within 0.358 AU of Jupiter. You want to independently verify this? The...
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davenn reacted to Bandersnatch's post in the thread Graduate How can a 1 kilometer body (3i/Atlas) flip 180 degrees suddenly? with Love.
Oh, lordy. It's Avi Loeb's brainchild. I'm not touching this.
