[meteorite-list] Significant digits

From: Michael Mulgrew <mikestang_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:08:34 -0700
Message-ID: <CAMseTy042Se35+DEcD3afk+Me0_Mx0bWk9f8tiE1bdGa6KB3Gg_at_mail.gmail.com>

Kilograms are a unit of mass, which is regardless of the force of
gravity. Although often spoken of as "weight", correctly it should be
referred to as "mass".

Michael in so. Cal.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>
> 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>
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>
>> 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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