A 1,100-pound piece of rocket debris plummeted to the Earth this week and smashed into a village in Kenya, officials in that country said on New Year's Day.A metallic ring measuring about 8 feet "fell from the skies" and landed in Mukuku Village in Makueni County on Monday, the Kenya Space Agency sa...
K is common short hand for a thousand.
Is it 1000 or 1024 pounds?
1000
Depends on gravity
Yes, but generally with SI units (and bytes).
And currency, and people, and just things in general.