[meteorite-list] Significant digits

From: Prof. Zelimir Gabelica Université de Haute Alsace ENSCMu, <zelimir.gabelica_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:27:05 +0200
Message-ID: <20130409232705.1rkq2xjmd7cc08s0_at_www.mail.uha.fr>

Michael, you are totally correct.

Did you notice that the current usage (in MetBull but also in some
official scientific papers) is that one always writes "total known
weight" but also "main mass" ?

Is this now fully admitted or tolerated or ...just odd ?

I was puzzled with this years ago but soon admitted this practice so
that I even use it as such in my collection writeups ....at least
until "TKW" is one day officially corrected by "someone responsible
and concerned" to "TKM"....

Zelimir

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Prof. Zelimir Gabelica
Universit? de Haute Alsace
ENSCMu, Lab. LPI-GSEC,
3, Rue A. Werner,
F-68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 94
Michael Mulgrew <mikestang at gmail.com> a ?crit?:
> 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.

Received on Tue 09 Apr 2013 05:27:05 PM PDT