inconsistent rotation periods?

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TGA

inconsistent rotation periods?

Post #1by TGA » 13.07.2004, 22:56

When I browsed the star browser I recognized that many stars had their rotation period counted in days while other had it counted in thousands of hours. Isn?t that a bit inconsistent?

Is this a bug?

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Post #2by granthutchison » 13.07.2004, 23:08

You'd need to give us a specific example of the problem.
Until then, is it possible you've seen "13.000 hours" and interpreted it as 13 thousand instead of 13 point zero?

Grant

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TGA

My mistake!

Post #3by TGA » 13.07.2004, 23:35

Okey, It seems that you?re right. I misinterpreted the dot. The problem seems to be that the dot is interpreted different in different parts of the world. In some parts it is seemed as a comma. In others as a space between groups of hundeds.

Here where I live we don?t use dots at all. We use commas instead.
Example:

12,000 = Twelve points zero.
12 000 = Twelve thousand.

So again. My mistake. Sorry if I hold you awake! :oops:


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