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[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah but earth is wobbly and imprecise so now we define the meter as "the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458th of a second"

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That'a a cool definition. I wouldn't call it an origin though, that would still be the Earth measurement through Paris, which is also cool.

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