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  2. Comoving and proper distances - Wikipedia

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    In standard cosmology, comoving distance and proper distance (or physical distance) are two closely related distance measures used by cosmologists to define distances between objects. Comoving distance factors out the expansion of the universe , giving a distance that does not change in time except due to local factors, such as the motion of a ...

  3. Gravitational acceleration - Wikipedia

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    All bodies accelerate in vacuum at the same rate, regardless of the masses or compositions of the bodies; [1] the measurement and analysis of these rates is known as gravimetry. At a fixed point on the surface, the magnitude of Earth's gravity results from combined effect of gravitation and the centrifugal force from Earth's rotation .

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    The hectometre (SI symbol: hm) is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 100 meters (10 2 m). To compare different orders of magnitude this section lists lengths between 100 meters and 1,000 meters (1 kilometer).

  5. Distance measure - Wikipedia

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    Distance measures are used in physical cosmology to give a natural notion of the distance between two objects or events in the universe.They are often used to tie some observable quantity (such as the luminosity of a distant quasar, the redshift of a distant galaxy, or the angular size of the acoustic peaks in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum) to another quantity that is ...

  6. Thrust-specific fuel consumption - Wikipedia

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    For example, Concorde cruised at 1354 mph, or 7.15 million feet per hour, with its engines giving an SFC of 1.195 lb/(lbf·h) (see below); this means the engines transferred 5.98 million foot pounds per pound of fuel (17.9 MJ/kg), equivalent to an SFC of 0.50 lb/(lbf·h) for a subsonic aircraft flying at 570 mph, which would be better than even ...

  7. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The siriometer is an obsolete astronomical measure equal to one million astronomical units, i.e., one million times the average distance between the Sun and Earth. [12] This distance is equal to about 15.8 light-years, 149.6 Pm, or 4.8 parsecs, and is about twice the distance from Earth to the star Sirius. [13]

  8. Tonne - Wikipedia

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    The tonne (/ t ʌ n / ⓘ or / t ɒ n /; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI.It is also referred to as a metric ton in the United States to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton (United States customary units) and the long ton (British imperial units).

  9. Weighing matrix - Wikipedia

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    (B) (,) of weight = and minimal order exist if is a prime power and such a circulant weighing matrix can be obtained by signing the complement of a finite projective plane. Since all C W ( n , k ) {\displaystyle CW(n,k)} for k ≤ 25 {\displaystyle k\leq 25} have been classified, the first open case is C W ( 105 , 36 ) {\displaystyle CW(105,36)} .