Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater

Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by BurningFrog on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:31AM (#31895087)

> (18-meter diameter, about 19.5 yards)

This is an unfortunate mix of precision and approximation.

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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by bombcar on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:47AM (#31895301)

I love the machine-generated ones, where it'll say "1 kilogram, or 2.20462 lbs".

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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by pitaj on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:24PM (#31898579)

I could understand if they went to 59 feet. But yards are roughly the same as a meter. Why even bother?

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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by antod on Monday June 27, 2022 @03:32PM (#31899617)

The replies to this make me think I've found "my people". Can we form a group?

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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by happyopossum on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:43PM (#31898002)

Why? Those are both close enough for the intended purpose. 20 yards would be too imprecise, and 19 yards 24 inches is too wordy...

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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by curi0sity on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:17PM (#31898470)

18 meters is the approximation. 19.5 yards implies more precision in the measurement than is appropriate.

The original data has two significant figures, but the imperial conversion has three.

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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by dylan604 on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:21PM (#31898532)

19 yards 18 inches? Did the yard become larger overnight to 48 inches instead of 36?

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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by na85 on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:41PM (#31903508)

I think we can all agree that imperial units are stupid.

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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by dylan604 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:14AM (#31904008)

The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size. But yes, remembering if there are 36 vs 48 of them in a measure vs increments of 10 is the silliest part to me.

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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by na85 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:00AM (#31916349)

>The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size

Is that why there are 3 feet in a yard, 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon, and 231 cubic inches in a gallon?

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