• Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    271·
    10 months ago

    Diameter of a hydrogen atom is all well and good, but how many digits of pi will we need to be accurate to a Planck Length?

    • nova_ad_vitumEnglish
      19·
      10 months ago

      Honestly probably not that many more. My guess since I’m too lazy to do the math is less than 100.

      • EvilHankVenture@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        10 months ago

        The diameter of a hydrogen atom is over 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 plank lengths.

        So based on this post I have no idea.

        • xthexder@l.sw0.comEnglish
          19·
          10 months ago

          Well that’s only 26 more digits, so we’re probably good at 100 digits of pi. [citation needed]

          • rasensprenger@feddit.deEnglish
            15·
            10 months ago

            log_10(size of observable universe / planck length) = 61.74… so like 63 digits of precision for everything are enough

      • Malgas@beehaw.orgEnglish
        51·
        10 months ago

        The width of a hydrogen atom is 3.1*10^24 Planck lengths. So, yeah, 65 digits of pi ought to do it.