[meteorite-list] Significant digits

From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:54:43 -0700
Message-ID: <7C640E28081AEE4B952F008D1E913F170756F4F7_at_0461-its-exmb04.us.saic.com>

Hi Greg,

Good old empty precision on a number converted from metric units.
11,000 metric tons = 24250848.8 lbs. The humorous thing is that
I seriously doubt the original mass is known to better than a
factor of 3, so none of the digits are significant. --Rob
Received on Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:54:43 PM PDT