Carolina Naturally: From platypus to parsecs and milliCrab: why do astronomers use such weird units?

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

You may have heard about an asteroid set to fly near Earth that is the size of 18 platypus, or maybe the one that’s the size of 33 armadillos, or even one the size of 22 tuna fish.

From platypus to parsecs and milliCrab: why do astronomers use such weird units?

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

From platypus to parsecs and milliCrab: why do astronomers use such weird units?

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