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A Helen is a unit of measurement based on Helen of Troy. She was known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", therefore 1 milliHelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship. The negative Helen is the power to beach ships.

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-A '''Helen''' is a unit of measurement based on Helen of Troy.
+A '''Helen''' is a unit of measurement based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Troy Helen of Troy].
 She was known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", therefore 1 milliHelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship.
 A negative quantity of Helen is the power to beach ships.
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 that is a force of 3.44 kilo-newtons.
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+[[Category:units of measurement]]

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 == Derivation ==
-Using SI units, for the average sailboat with a mass of 4012.0 kg, and launching it to a speed of 1 m/s.
+Using SI units, for the average sailboat with a mass of 4012.0 kg [https://www.lifeofsailing.com/post/how-much-does-a-sailboat-weigh],
 If a fleet has one thousand of these average sailboats, that is a total mass of 4.012*10^6 kg.
-If the fleet accelerates to a sailing speed of 6 knots over the course of 1 hour,
+If the fleet accelerates to a sailing speed of 6 knots [https://improvesailing.com/questions/average-sailboat-speed] over the course of 1 hour,
 which is an acceleration of 8.57*10^-4 meters per second per second to reach a top speed of 3.08 m/s,
 that is a force of 3.44 kilo-newtons.
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−	A Helen is a unit of measurement based on Helen of Troy. She was known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", therefore 1 milliHelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship. ~~The~~ negative Helen is the power to beach ships.	+	A '''Helen''' is a unit of measurement based on Helen of Troy.
		+	She was known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", therefore 1 milliHelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship.
		+	A negative quantity of Helen is the power to beach ships.
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		+	== Derivation ==
		+	Using SI units, for the average sailboat with a mass of 4012.0 kg, and launching it to a speed of 1 m/s.
		+	If a fleet has one thousand of these average sailboats, that is a total mass of 4.012*10^6 kg.
		+	If the fleet accelerates to a sailing speed of 6 knots over the course of 1 hour,
		+	which is an acceleration of 8.57*10^-4 meters per second per second to reach a top speed of 3.08 m/s,
		+	that is a force of 3.44 kilo-newtons.
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		+	[https://www.lifeofsailing.com/post/how-much-does-a-sailboat-weigh]
		+	[https://improvesailing.com/questions/average-sailboat-speed]

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