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Astronomers are a little unsure of the applicability of this index, but NASA's Planetary Protection Officer is all in favor.

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[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 10 points 6 months ago

I heard Everest is actually exactly 348 KI, they just thought 348.324 KI sounded more accurate

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I've heard that in feet they originally measured it to 29000 exactly. But they added 2 feet so people didn't think they were estimating the height.

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