https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Zyrxvoexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-15T13:32:32ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2707:_Astronomy_Numbers&diff=3005582707: Astronomy Numbers2022-12-05T20:34:50Z<p>Zyrxvo: </p>
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| number = 2707<br />
| date = December 5, 2022<br />
| title = Astronomy Numbers<br />
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| titletext = I adopted a cat that weighs 12 solar masses. Laser pointers love chasing it.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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Person 1: "...And we need to correct for our elliptical orbit. On January 1st, Earth will be approaching the sun at a rate of... let's see.. 65 miles per hour. Weird. Okay."<br />
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Person 2: "Weird?"<br />
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Person 1: "I get suspicious whenever I see a normal number in astronomy. We're not supposed to have those. Feels wrong. Scales should all be incomprehensible."<br />
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Earlier, at the vet.<br />
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Vet: "Your cat weighs 12 pounds."<br />
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Person 1: "Ridiculous, nothing weighs '12'. You must mean 10 to the power of minus 20? or 10 to the power of 40?"<br />
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Vet: "Fine. Your cat weighs 3 times 10 to the power of minus 30 solar masses."<br />
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Person 1: "Okay. Better."<br />
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Hover Text: "I adopted a cat that weighs 12 solar masses. Laser pointers love chasing it."<br />
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