Gravdigr's Questions

[Gravdigr]

It is the largest natural satellite of a planet in the Solar System relative to the size of its primary, having 27% the diameter and 60% the density of Earth, resulting in 1⁄81 its mass.

How does one pronounce that fraction of the Earth's mass?

[Sheldonrs]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

How does one pronounce that fraction of the Earth's mass?

one eighty oneth you thmuck! lol

[xoxoxoBruce]

1.23 per cent.

[glatt]

I don't know about that, but kids today say "one fourth" instead of "one quarter." At least in my hood. And I can see how that makes sense.

But you would think they would also say "one second" instead of "one half," but they don't. They're still saying "one half." "One second" might be confused with "one sixtieth" because there are sixty seconds in a minute, and sixty seconds in a degree.

I'd say 1/81 is "one eighty-first."

[Molasar]

Originally Posted by glatt

I'd say 1/81 is "one eighty-first."

of course it is!

[fargon]

Originally Posted by glatt

I don't know about that, but kids today say "one fourth" instead of "one quarter." At least in my hood. And I can see how that makes sense.

But you would think they would also say "one second" instead of "one half," but they don't. They're still saying "one half." "One second" might be confused with "one sixtieth" because there are sixty seconds in a minute, and sixty seconds in a degree.

I'd say 1/81 is "one eighty-first."

There are 60 seconds in a minute of angle, and 60 minutes in a degree.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by fargon

...and 60 minutes in a degree.

Is this why time seems to stand still when it's really hot?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by fargon

There are 60 seconds in a minute of angle, and 60 minutes in a degree.

Or course you are right! Thanks for refreshing my memory on that.