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why do astronomers use such weird units?

  • Written by: Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral researcher in radio astronomy, University of Sydney
why do astronomers use such weird units?NASA / ESA / J. Hester / A. Loll

You may have heard about an asteroid set to fly near Earth that is the size of 18 platypus, or maybe the one that’s the size of 33 armadillos, or even one the size of 22 tuna fish.

These outlandish comparisons are the invention of Jerusalem Post journalist Aaron Reich (who bills himself as “creator of...

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