Comment on why don't people say mega meters

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gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Yes, I think it’s a question of use. I can’t think of many examples where you would quickly need to know the measurement to the nearest Mm. Maybe if for some reason you deal with a lot of lunar orbits? Diameters of exoplanets?

Any earth distances we need to know with greater precision, and any stellar distances are probably better measured in light years, etc.

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