weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoNot fairsub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1971arrow-down126
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minus-squareODuffer @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 day agoNot quite, according to JPL https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/how-many-decimals-of-pi-do-we-really-need/ 15 decimal places, for Voyager 1 - We have a circle more than 94 billion miles (more than 150 billion kilometers) around, and our calculation of that distance would be off by no more than the width of your little finger.
Not quite, according to JPL https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/how-many-decimals-of-pi-do-we-really-need/
15 decimal places, for Voyager 1 - We have a circle more than 94 billion miles (more than 150 billion kilometers) around, and our calculation of that distance would be off by no more than the width of your little finger.