"11.3 km" diameter? 1% accuracy ??

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Post #35,073 by Ashton 4/11/02 12:17:09 AM Reply	"11.3 km" diameter? 1% accuracy ?? Other than the detail of suspiciously high precision.. I have no mathematical or physical idea of what 'quark-matter' might behave like - not enough info ('course he kinda said that). I suspect though, that accelerator physics won't be the method of next resort... Ashton
Post #35,084 by ben_tilly 4/11/02 6:23:27 AM Reply	I suspect that precision is reporter stupidity They just translated from one unit system to another and put in extra decimal places. The same way that we all have branded on our memories that human body temperature is 98.6F when it varies by a couple of degrees from person to person and through the day. Truth is it was measured as 37C and then people converted that exactly. That said, I am wondering how they produced a diameter... Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #35,217 by a6l6e6x 4/11/02 9:35:27 PM Reply	Yep, probably originally stated as 7 miles. Alex "Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)

New type of matter demonstrated - (ben_tilly) - (7) - April 10, 2002, 09:54:37 PM EDT

"11.3 km" diameter? 1% accuracy ?? - (Ashton) - (2) - April 11, 2002, 12:17:09 AM EDT

I suspect that precision is reporter stupidity - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 11, 2002, 06:23:27 AM EDT

Yep, probably originally stated as 7 miles. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - April 11, 2002, 09:35:27 PM EDT

Maybe I missed something - (boxley) - (2) - April 11, 2002, 11:10:44 AM EDT

No more burning - (scoenye) - (1) - April 19, 2002, 01:01:58 PM EDT

My guess - (ben_tilly) - April 21, 2002, 04:06:55 PM EDT

Re: New type of matter demonstrated - (neelk) - April 11, 2002, 11:21:12 AM EDT

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