RE: Crowbars & Planetbusters
From: "Bell, Brian K" <Brian_Bell@d...>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 06:52:24 -0400
Subject: RE: Crowbars & Planetbusters
Ignore the last message. I was asleep and did not read the message
correctly.
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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bell, Brian K
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 6:51 AM
> To: 'gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU'
> Subject: RE: Crowbars & Planetbusters
>
> Are there competing definitions of an AU?
> I found the following deffinition from Merriam-Webster:
> Main Entry: astronomical unit
> Function: noun
> Date: 1903
> : a unit of length used in astronomy equal to the mean distance of the
> earth from the sun or about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers)
>
> Or are we talking about a different AU?
>
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> Brian Bell
> bkb@beol.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nyrath the nearly wise [SMTP:nyrath@clark.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 10:07 PM
> To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: Re: Crowbars & Planetbusters
>
> Anthony Leibrick wrote:
> > I came across this when I was ploughing thru my backlog of messages.
> > Isn't 10e6 AU something in the region of 16 Light-years!!
>
> Yes. About 15.8 light years, actually.