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Thickness of 6x8 AU poster with volume of Earth
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thickness_of_pulverized_earth_poster.py
In [2]: import astropy.units as u
In [3]: import astropy.constants as c
In [4]: volume = 4/3. * np.pi*c.R_earth**3
In [5]: length = 6 * u.AU
In [6]: width = 8 * u.AU
In [7]: thickness = volume/(length*width)
In [10]: thickness.to(u.mm)
Out[10]: <Quantity 1.011760858441613 mm>
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