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... mass of any object is proportional to its content of protons and neutrons which , together , may be re- ferred to as nucleons . Now T - 1 nucleons make up a quantity of mass far too small to see in even the best optical microscope and ...
... mass of any object is proportional to its content of protons and neutrons which , together , may be re- ferred to as nucleons . Now T - 1 nucleons make up a quantity of mass far too small to see in even the best optical microscope and ...
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... mass in the metric system is the gram , a word derived from the Greek gramma , meaning a letter of the al- phabet ... mass equal to 73 trillion teragrams . The earth is 81 times more massive and has a mass of nearly 6 quadrillion ...
... mass in the metric system is the gram , a word derived from the Greek gramma , meaning a letter of the al- phabet ... mass equal to 73 trillion teragrams . The earth is 81 times more massive and has a mass of nearly 6 quadrillion ...
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... mass 125 of our sun or only eight times that of Jupiter . In 1960 similar dis- placements were discovered for the star Lalande 21185 at Sproul Ob- servatory . It , too , had a planet eight times the mass of Jupiter . And in 1963 , the ...
... mass 125 of our sun or only eight times that of Jupiter . In 1960 similar dis- placements were discovered for the star Lalande 21185 at Sproul Ob- servatory . It , too , had a planet eight times the mass of Jupiter . And in 1963 , the ...
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