Re:ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
by cestith on Friday May 09, 2025 @02:09PM
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We’d fit, but it sounds uncomfortable.
Re:ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
by DonHopkins on Friday May 09, 2025 @01:42PM
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Is this going to be on the test, Professor?
Ok. Imagine we take those cubes that filled our 'little' cube of earth and taped them in one giant stack. That stack would not only reach to the Moon, but reach to the Moon 116 times over! In fact you'd be nearly able to reach Mars at its closest approach (34.8 million miles, vs 27.8 million miles for our box stack). And that's in 1 cubic mile of volume. The volume of Earth is about 260 billion cubic miles. To wrap up by getting back to golf balls - you can fit about 700 golf balls in 1 cubic ft.
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Actually a somewhat macabre example came to mind. How many humans could we fit in our little cubic mile? And the answer is literally all of us, many times over in fact! And that's in just one cubic mile of the 260 billion total on Earth.