illectrility@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agoI don't even know what this means but I'm just gonna leave it right heresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1577arrow-down118
arrow-up1559arrow-down1imageI don't even know what this means but I'm just gonna leave it right heresh.itjust.worksillectrility@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-210 months ago1 what? Cucumber per nanosecond?
minus-squareTrantariuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoActually, yes. Light travels about 30cm in a nanosecond, around the size of a cucumber.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWhich is why I updated my comment from “banana per nanosecond”, which itself was originally updated from “apple per picosecond” that I just put there randomly, without any thought.
minus-squarekboy101222@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoIs there another way to measure the speed of light?
1 what? Cucumber per nanosecond?
1 speed of light of course.
Light-second per second
Actually, yes. Light travels about 30cm in a nanosecond, around the size of a cucumber.
Which is why I updated my comment from “banana per nanosecond”, which itself was originally updated from “apple per picosecond” that I just put there randomly, without any thought.
Is there another way to measure the speed of light?