Bully Mnemonic Extension

The Bully Mnemonic Extension is a technique for remembering the exact number of meters that light travels in one second, and the approximate range of gravitational accelerations that occur on the surface of the Earth due to Newtonian gravity. The Bully Mnemonic Extension, when used in conjunction with the Bully Mnemonic, allows one to calculate a few physical quantities, including the number of meters in a light year.

The following relationships are encoded in the Bully Mnemonic Extension:

$$Speed\,of\,light\,in\,vacuum={299,792,458{\frac {m}{s}}}$$

$$High\,end\,of\,gravity\,on\,Earth's\,surface\approx {9.86{\frac {m}{s^{2}}}}$$

$$Low\,end\,of\,gravity\,on\,Earth's\,surface\approx {9.76{\frac {m}{s^{2}}}}$$

The following relationship can be derived using the Bully Mnemonic Extension in conjunction with the Bully Mnemonic:

$$1\,light\,year\approx {9,460,528,400,000,000\,meters}$$

Bully Mnemonic Extension Steps

Initial Definitions

Step 1

Complete steps 1 and 2 of the The Bully Mnemonic to form integers a) and b) as shown below:

$${\begin{matrix}{\color {Red}1}&\scriptstyle {\text{2}}&{\color {Red}3}&\scriptstyle {\text{4}}&{\color {Red}5}\end{matrix}}$$

$$a)\,{\color {Red}1}0{\color {Red}33}0$$ $$b)\,{\color {Red}3}0{\color {Red}55}$$

Step 2

The Bully Mnemonic Extension will use two variants of integer a). The first variant will have 33 removed and replaced with 00. The second variant will have 330 removed and replaced with 22:

$$av1)\,{\color {Red}1}0000$$ $$av2)\,{\color {Red}1}0{\color {Red}22}$$ $$b)\,{\color {Red}3}0{\color {Red}55}$$

Speed of Light

Step 3

Multiply integers av2) and b) from Step 2.

$${\color {Red}1}0{\color {Red}22}\times {\color {Red}3}0{\color {Red}55}=3122210$$

Using Long Multiplication:

     3055
×    1022
————————————
     6110
    6110
   0000
  3055
————————————
  3122210

Step 4

Drop the zero from the integer obtained in step 3, swap each 2 with 3, and swap each 1 with 9, to obtain integer f) shown below:

   312221
f) 293339

Step 5

Multiply integer av2) from Step 2, and integer f) from step 4, to get the total number of meters that light travels in one second.

$${\color {Red}1}0{\color {Red}22}\times 293339=299792458$$

Using Long Multiplication:

         1022
×      293339
——————————————
        9198
       3066
      3066
     3066
    9198
   2044
——————————————
   299792458

Gravity on Earth

Step 6

Divide the speed of light obtained in step 5, by integers av1) and b) from step 2, to obtain a value for Earth's gravity:

$${\frac {299792458{\frac {m}{s}}}{{\color {Red}1}0000\times {\color {Red}3}0{\color {Red}55}\,s}}={\frac {299792458{\frac {m}{s}}}{30550000\,s}}\approx {9.81{\frac {m}{s^{2}}}}$$

In terms of Long Multiplication, 30550000 and 9.81 are approximately related to 299792458 as follows:

   30550000
×         9.81
————————————
     305500.00
   24440000.0
  274950000
————————————
  2997.....

Step 7

The range of gravitational accelerations that occur on the surface of the Earth, due to Newtonian gravity, can be approximated by repeating step 6 with integer av1) increased or decreased by half a percent:

$${\frac {299792458{\frac {m}{s}}}{({\color {Red}1}0000+50)\times {\color {Red}3}0{\color {Red}55}\,s}}\approx {9.76{\frac {m}{s^{2}}}}$$

$${\frac {299792458{\frac {m}{s}}}{({\color {Red}1}0000-50)\times {\color {Red}3}0{\color {Red}55}\,s}}\approx {9.86{\frac {m}{s^{2}}}}$$

Step 8

The total number of seconds in a tropical year, as calculated in step 5 of the Bully Mnemonic, is 31556926 seconds. The speed of light in vacuum, as calculated in step 4 of the Bully Mnemonic Extension, is 299792458 meters per second. Multiple these two numbers together to get the total number of meters in a light year:

$$299792458\times 31556926\approx 9,460,528,400,000,000$$