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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Math does not check out.

40 - 90 = -50. Not 50,000.

Edit: from the source, the correct statement is “We gain 40 000 t from meteors but also lose about 90 000 t of hydrogen.“

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What is heavier, one ton of meteors or one ton of hydrogen?

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on gravity ;-)

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only if you use imperial units. The article uses tonnes, which is a unit of mass, not weight.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes but I would interpret “heavy” to be a function of weight, not mass.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Steel is heavier than feathers

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well meteors are heavier than hydrogen

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

Whoops my bad, my brain was in a different place while I typed.