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Re: Pyramidiocy (was Re: Strange Maths)Alan Hughes (DND@netins.net)26 Jul 1995 19:05:44 GMT
Just for fun I took two measurements from an everyday object that,
The object is - a pop can.
The height is 12.2 cm or 4 13/16"
The formula 2 * pi * (h * c) * (h * c) = 393013.3037959
which is approx. the distance from the earth to the moon in km
The formula 3 * pi * (h * c) * (h * c) * (h * c) = 147438940.919
which is approx. the distance from the earth to the sun in km
The formula 3 * pi * (h * c) ^ 5 give the distance to Alpha Centauri.
And, of course, the ratio of the diameter of the can to the circumference
What other relationships can one find with these numbers?
Note - the distances were taken from memory, I did not measure them
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