Not enough fingers

November 22nd, 2008

Question: Before the digital computer age, astronomers had to calculate orbits of astronomical bodies by hand. What was the typical precision of these orbital calculations?

  • 2 places
  • 6 places
  • 9 places
  • 100 places



Answer: 9 places

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