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ohwilleke replied to the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid?.To be clear, you mean impact with the ground inside the asteroid, not the asteroid impacting something else. And, it seems that this... -
ohwilleke replied to the thread High School Where does the figure for a proton's rest mass come from?.It is also worth noting that the commonly quoted figure probably doesn't come from a single experiment, and it isn't necessarily the... -
ohwilleke reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread High School Where does the figure for a proton's rest mass come from? with
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It is a notation. Specifically, scientific notation - a way of conveniently representing large and small numbers. 2x103 is the same as... -
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It is a calculation. See that multiplication symbol in-between? -
ohwilleke reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Is Vacuum Decay from a False to True State Impossible or Just Unlikely? with
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If there's energy present, it isn't the true vacuum state.
