There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy.
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PostPosted: Fri, Oct 10 2008, 8:33 pm EDT    Post subject: There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. Reply with quote

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.

- Richard Feynman

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