Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!KFL From: KFL@MIT-MC.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Antimatter Message-ID: <3299@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 22:44:59 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3299 Posted: Thu Aug 15 22:44:59 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 02:36:12 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 10 From: Keith F. Lynch1.22 * 10**28 watts of energy? Watts are power, not energy. Neither does it seem right if 1.22 * 10**28 joules is meant. Each partner would have to weigh about 5 * 10**10 kilgrams. 1.22 * 10**28 ergs is still too much. If the lighter partner weighed 50 kilgrams, the energy released would be about 9 * 10**18 joules, or about 200 billion dollars worth of electricity. ...Keith