Re: [office-formula] Straw poll - slug (and lightyear)

["Andreas J. Guelzow" <andreas.guelzow@concordia.ab.ca>]

On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 08:48 -0600, Patrick Durusau wrote:
> I now have: 
> 
> > Light-year, the distance light travels, in a vacuum, in a year of
> > 365.25 days
> > 
> 
> Conversion factor? Ok, I had to get up out of my chair but:
> 
> light year ly = 9.460530 X 10^17 cm
> 
> Source: Kenneth R. Lang, Astrophysical Data, Springer-Verlag, 1992.
> 
> Would it be better to state it in centimeters?

I hin kwe should state it in meters since c is just a prefix.
>  
> 
> Hope you are looking forward to a great weekend!
> 
> Patrick
> 
> PS: I can also insert more exact measurements for Astronomical Unit,
> Parsec and Megaparsec if anyone is interested. 

I would like that!

Andreas
> 

-- 
Andreas J. Guelzow, PhD, FTICA
Mathematical & Computing Sciences
Concordia University College of Alberta