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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Everything isn't as far away when you use a Pluto year for your light year measurement (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by GoofSchmoofer to c/showerthoughts

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So Alpha Centauri is now only .016 light years away.

Boom! suck it Astronomers

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[–] mysoulishome 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are you talking about

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Basically he's saying use Pluto's year to define which year in light year you use to calculate a light year. Normally you would use Earth's year. Since Pluto's orbital period is ~248 years your "light year" has gotten noticeably longer. If you express a distance in what would have been a few light years in real light years, in this new scale it appears as a percentage and looks like a small number. The distance hasn't changed though.