alt Hacker News> slowed the orbit of a pair of asteroids around the sun by more than 10 micrometers per second
Or in other words, 1 meter per day
Why not say that?
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stronglikedan • today at 3:13 PM
1.22337962962963e-21 light years per second!
> slowed the orbit of a pair of asteroids around the sun by more than 10 micrometers per second
Or in other words, 1 meter per day
Why not say that?
1.22337962962963e-21 light years per second!
Because the SI unit is meters per second, so maintaining the “second” gives people with that understanding a basis in which to compare the delta-V.