[meteorite-list] Significant digits

From: Don Merchant <dmerchan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:03:04 -0500
Message-ID: <000a01ce356e$02b53db0$6401a8c0_at_donaldmerchant>

Wouldn't it of progressively obtained more weight as it came closer to the
surface of the Earth? Isn't it true the higher you climb into the sky the
less you would weigh so if true then the opposite must be true! So what was
the weight when it exploded, since it was closer to the surface of the Earth
as opposed to entering the atmosphere? Hmmm...a little food for thought to
factor in to all you geniuses out there.
Sincerely
Don Merchant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 3:54 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Significant digits


> 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
>
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Received on Tue 09 Apr 2013 06:03:04 PM PDT