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Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT; China - a shift in global power?

Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT; China - a shift in global power?
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:59:07 +0100
't internet says:  the
Earth<http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/earth.html> is
 6x10^^24 kg

Jez

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ... nor do *I* know whether that is sextillion ton[ne]s by the long (10^36)
> or short (10^21) scale.
>
> I wonder what is the resulting range of possible answers?
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 November 2009 11:22
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT; China - a shift in global power?
>
> I noted the term "sextillion" at the bottom of the table in the link below.
> That called to mind a little factoid I've carried in my head for years and
> years and the only time I've heard "sextillion" in usage...
> the weight of the earth is six sextillion tons.
>
> Now I don't know whose version of "ton" is meant here...  :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> SwissPace wrote:
> > I believe the american trillion like the billion differs from what
> > europe thinks it means
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
> >
> > so maybe 347 trillion is not so far from 2 trillion.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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