Fact

NASA uses only fifteen decimal places of pi

Enough to calculate a circle the size of the solar system to within a centimetre.

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JPL uses 3.141592653589793 for interplanetary navigation. With 15 decimals, a circle 47 billion kilometres across could be computed to an accuracy of roughly a centimetre. The trillions of digits computed since are a test of computing power, not a practical need.

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