2 Nov
2003
2 Nov
'03
9:45 p.m.
mike reid wrote:
i was always curious as to what units they use for acceleration; miles per hour^2 seems like it would be awkward, so perhaps they use (miles per hour) per second . or they could be clever and just call it miles per square minute .
They could use g's (gees? Not to be confused with geese...) "G * mass of earth / (radius of earth)^2 in miles per hour per second" is 21.9215798 miles per hour per second according to the Google calculator. Zoom. --Michael Kleber kleber@brandeis.edu