btaf45@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBing says Alpha Centauri is 13.6 kilometers from usimgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1573arrow-down124
arrow-up1549arrow-down1external-linkBing says Alpha Centauri is 13.6 kilometers from usimgur.combtaf45@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3 months agoIn very next line, it says the distance is 4.37 lightyears away… which is also wrong, lol For anyone wondering, the actual correct answer is about 4.25 lightyears or about 40 trillion kilometers.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoThese are all equally confusing. How many American football fields?
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoIn scientific terms? An absolute fuck-ton of football fields.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoYes but how many giraffes, laid end-to-end?
minus-squareDLSantini@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoApproximately 437,445,319,335,083 of those.
minus-squarebtaf45@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoOne football field is about a hectometer and there are 10 hectometers per kilometer. So 415 trillion.
minus-squarebtaf45@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoClose. The distance to Alpha Centauri is 41.5 petameters (trillion kilometers) and the distance to Proxima Centauri is 40.2 petameters.
In very next line, it says the distance is 4.37 lightyears away… which is also wrong, lol
For anyone wondering, the actual correct answer is about 4.25 lightyears or about 40 trillion kilometers.
These are all equally confusing. How many American football fields?
In scientific terms? An absolute fuck-ton of football fields.
Yes but how many giraffes, laid end-to-end?
Approximately 437,445,319,335,083 of those.
That’s close to 2!
17! is closer
One football field is about a hectometer and there are 10 hectometers per kilometer. So 415 trillion.
Close. The distance to Alpha Centauri is 41.5 petameters (trillion kilometers) and the distance to Proxima Centauri is 40.2 petameters.