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Re:NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever by marcodiego on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:24AM (#29567137)
> 6×106 km

Please... 6×10^6 km

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Re:NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever by Kye on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:52PM (#29570103)
I don't know why the wiki doesn't just say six million kilometers.
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Re:NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever by actually_a_dog on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:36PM (#29572933)
Scientific notation makes it easier to indicate how many significant digits you have in the measurement.
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Re:NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever by juloo on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @03:15PM (#29571053)
Or 6 Gigameters.
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Re:NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever by mensetmanusman on Thursday December 16, 2021 @07:32AM (#29577497)
Or 6e6 km :)
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