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The moon may be 1.3 light-seconds away, but why on earth do we measure distances using time? minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Music by Nathaniel Schroeder NEW ALBUM!! -- http://juliansaporiti.bandcamp.com/album/lusitania youtube: http://bit.ly/pakJLE Thanks to Ross Diener for contributions and to Perimeter Institute for support.

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