• Kalash@feddit.ch
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    1 year ago

    1.7 million Hiroshima bombs of heat

    These imperial units are just getting ridiculous. Can someone express that in type Ia supernovas of heat for us Europeans?

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      1 year ago

      Type Ia supernova: 10^44 joules
      Hiroshima bomb: 63 x 10^12 joules

      So 1 coal mine is around 10^-24 supernovas, or 1 yoctonova.

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        1 year ago

        To be honest, I won’t double check that at all, but will just assume you put at least 10 minutes of effort into this.

        I love you.