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by infogulch 974 days ago
Astrophysicists have some funny conventions. Like how everything but hydrogen and helium are "metals": https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/20120...
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gdprrrr 974 days ago
Those 2% "metals" are basically considered a rounding error and can be ignored.

Also π ≈ 1. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2205:_Types_of_Ap...

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infogulch 974 days ago
Is that true? I don't know if I can trust a person made of metal.
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