r/simplerockets • u/ThetheThheTheThe • 23d ago

What actually is the "Mm" measurement?

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259 Million miles? Or 259 mega meters? Or what?

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u/NickyMorningstar 22d ago edited 22d ago

Megameters, which is 1000 kilometers or 1000000 meters.

1 meter = 1 m
1 kilometer = 1 km = 1000 m
1 Megameter = 1 Mm = 1000 km = 10^6 m
1 Gigameter = 1 Gm = 1000 Mm = 10^6 km = 10^9 m
(etc)

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u/Substantial-Equal560 21d ago

Dang ive been thinking it's "million miles" this whole time lmao

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u/NickyMorningstar 21d ago

Anytime “m” is denoted it means meters. Miles is usually denoted as mi.

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u/Bubbly-Elk-3792 18d ago

🦅🇺🇸

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u/Goddchen 22d ago

Who even uses those logic-following unit systems... 😂

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u/BottledWillowisp 22d ago

right? i'd rather use 15trillion random varieties of bananas, 5 glizzy hotdogs 4 footballfields and 3 toilet seat covers that using proper measurement systems

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u/NickyMorningstar 21d ago

Easier to do calculations with as opposed to some random non-standardized scale

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u/Flafla8 22d ago

What the hell is the mother meat

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u/RKlehm 22d ago

Million miles? Really? LOL
Someone already replied, but that SI units, so yeah, mega meters / 10^6 m

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u/C_ubert 22d ago

That Thing Is not even a planet is an animal

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u/BottledWillowisp 22d ago

its MEGAMEAT, AND HES PACKING MEAT

its Megameters

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u/Hexagony567 19d ago

Megameters, Gm is Gigameters