[meteorite-list] Significant digits

From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:59:34 -0700
Message-ID: <BLU169-W1121861AFF4758E586543F2C9C60_at_phx.gbl>

Thanks for the explanation, Rob. ?That makes it a lot easier for me to accept. ?Sometimes claims by scientists mystify me. ?This was one of those times, but I understand it now. ?Thanks again.


? Greg L.



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> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:54:43 -0700
> From: ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> 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 04:59:34 PM PDT