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[–] reptar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And of course, scientists often just use the non-dimensional number characterizing this; gravitational scale height divided by the atmospheric scale height is the Gandolfi number (Gf). :-)

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gandolfi number (Gf). :-)

wait, fr?

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, and I screwed it up! Should have been the Gandalfi Number

i mean if it doesn't exist yet, i'm glad to be the first to write a paper about it and have it be named after me or sth ;-)