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[–] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

I tried to calculate how much this kitty would have to weigh to make a blackhole and... I found 3.13*(e)^(-27). Society is so fucking lucky I didn't decide to study math

Edit: my painkillers finally kicked in and I redid my calculation: Assuming the cat as a sphere with 15 cm radius, the cat would have to weigh 1.00994318 e26 kg which isn't as glaringly wrong as my previous calculation. (omg I wrote e^-27 whats wrong with me)

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago (13 children)

I don't even know what that equation means. I am in awe of you

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

The number in the exponent is negative, so it's a very tiny value, whatever the unit.

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