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For context, 120 PeV is about 10% the kinetic energy of a ping pong ball during typical play.
Right, and it is this amount of energy in a single particle . A ping-pong ball is comprised of who-knows-how-many billions of particles, so the energy of any one particle is a fraction of the whole.
For context, 120 PeV is about 10% the kinetic energy of a ping pong ball during typical play.
One of the lead researchers in KM3NeT mentioned that the particle was emitting 2 horse power in light during detector transit. A typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing, so its 2 body builders in a single particle.
For context, 120 PeV is about 10% the kinetic energy of a ping pong ball during typical play.
One of the lead researchers in KM3NeT mentioned that the particle was emitting 2 horse power in light during detector transit. A typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing, so its 2 body builders in a single particle.
For context, 120 PeV is about 10% the kinetic energy of a ping pong ball during typical play.
One of the lead researchers in KM3NeT mentioned that the particle was emitting 2 horse power in light during detector transit. A typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing, so its 2 body builders in a single particle.
(To be clear, that's sustained effort over time, not just momentary. Athletically trained humans can do about 1 HP of peak momentary effort, and around 0.3 HP if sustained over time.)
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One of the lead researchers in KM3NeT mentioned that the particle was emitting 2 horse power in light during detector transit. A typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing, so its 2 body builders in a single particle.
> typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing Close, but ackshually... Bodybuilders just oil up and pose in beauty pageants. 1 horsepower is basically one 250-pound bench press in one second. (550 foot pounds of work; the aforementioned bench press assumes a 2.2-foot stroke length.) Most bodybuilders and serious weight lifters can do that, but they can't keep it up for long.
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One of the lead researchers in KM3NeT mentioned that the particle was emitting 2 horse power in light during detector transit. A typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing, so its 2 body builders in a single particle.
It must have been a very short amount of time. 2 HP is 1,500 watts, probably more light than all lightbulbs in my house combined.
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One of the lead researchers in KM3NeT mentioned that the particle was emitting 2 horse power in light during detector transit. A typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing, so its 2 body builders in a single particle.
> typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing Close, but ackshually... Bodybuilders just oil up and pose in beauty pageants. 1 horsepower is basically one 250-pound bench press in one second. (550 foot pounds of work; the aforementioned bench press assumes a 2.2-foot stroke length.) Most bodybuilders and serious weight lifters can do that, but they can't keep it up for long.
The article references the "Oh-My-God particle, the most energetic particle yet encountered. Here's the late John Walker's excellent piece on that: https://fourmilab.ch/documents/OhMyGodParticle/
So you're saying my iPhone built-in calculator app is going to have problems....?
Time to whip out dc on the terminal.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
One of the lead researchers in KM3NeT mentioned that the particle was emitting 2 horse power in light during detector transit. A typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing, so its 2 body builders in a single particle.
It must have been a very short amount of time. 2 HP is 1,500 watts, probably more light than all lightbulbs in my house combined.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
One of the lead researchers in KM3NeT mentioned that the particle was emitting 2 horse power in light during detector transit. A typical body builder expends about 1 horse power while performing, so its 2 body builders in a single particle.
Fun fact, a typical horse exerts about 1 horse power of usable work while performing. That's so weird, I'm sure almost no one would've been able to guess that - but it's true. (To be clear, that's sustained effort over time, not just momentary. Athletically trained humans can do about 1 HP of peak momentary effort, and around 0.3 HP if sustained over time.)