In actuality there is quite a difference. 8,000,000 C is 14,400,032 F and 8,000,000 F is only 4,444,426 C. These are pretty different temperatures, but for reference the surface of the sun is 5,500 C or 9932 F. So 8,000,000 C or F are both fairly warm. Though it’s anyone’s guess what they’re talking about, 8,000,000 could be only slightly abnormal if we had proper context. I won’t be giving you said context, but you know, it’s there.
Is she making toast again? or is it bacon this time?
Epic Bacon.
that are some extreme temperaturs for making toast or bacon.
my guess the dam thing is malfunctioning after Kal’kahn smashed it with the bat from last time.
from Celsius to Celsius
Fahrenheit [°F] = [°C] × 9⁄5 + 32 [°C] = ([°F] − 32) × 5⁄9
Kelvin [K] = [°C] + 273.15 [°C] = [K] − 273.15
Rankine [°R] = ([°C] + 273.15) × 9⁄5 [°C] = ([°R] − 491.67) × 5⁄9
Delisle [°De] = (100 − [°C]) × 3⁄2 [°C] = 100 − [°De] × 2⁄3
Newton [°N] = [°C] × 33⁄100 [°C] = [°N] × 100⁄33
Réaumur [°Ré] = [°C] × 4⁄5 [°C] = [°Ré] × 5⁄4
Rømer [°Rø] = [°C] × 21⁄40 + 7.5 [°C] = ([°Rø] − 7.5) × 40⁄21
Someone needed all these?
Oops previous table stolen shamelessly from;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature#Temperature_measurement
Always cite your sources.
That was the first question that sprung to my mind as well.
Hey, one of those values is almost twice the other! Thadius is right to ask; that’s a huge difference!
While the surface of the sun is about 6,000K, the corona can be up to 10 million degrees K, so a temperature of 8,000,000 may be perfectly reasonable for whatever they’re measuring…in space!
I figured it would be in Kelvins. From my understanding most scientists use Kelvins when working with such large values.
I just figured that people who live and work in space would use Kelvin period
Nice idea, but you don’t call them degrees Kelvin, they’re just Kelvins. Someone calls them degrees Kelvin, you know they don’t really know what they’re talking about. Which, when you think about it, fits this crew to a T.
Who says it has to match our scales? You could have a scale where liquid nitrogen boils at 0 degrees and liquid oxygen boils at 1,000,000 degrees, making 8 million degrees is a nice warm -91 Celsius.
Actually I would assume on a warship of a vaguely organized military they would already know what unit they were using for measurement. Especially if you know the context.
That being said, I can imagine conversations like this practically anywhere.
Could it perhaps be in Kelvin? Or maybe Rankin…
you know, it doesn’t matter which #s you use, it still feels the same.