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zmgsabst on May 2, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Takeaways from the Jane Street bond prospectus

I’m personally partial to attolightyears (about 1cm).

Chris2048 on May 2, 2024 [–]

Surely you'd use the base unit of time, the second (lightseconds)?

atto-lightyear = 1e-18 lightyear

lightyear = 3.156e+7 lightsecond

Hence, atto-lightyear = 3.156e-11 lightsecond = 31.56 pico-lightsecond

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