[COMPLETE]The Romance of Modern Astronomy - icequeen

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How about 1.575 times 10 to the 21st millions?

or 1.575 sextillion millions or for effect you could just read out all those zeros! :wink:

But wait and see what Ann thinks, she has the final say here. :)
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kristakz wrote: January 21st, 2022, 8:32 am Can I read chapter 4?

And can you tell me how you would pronounce this lovely number
1,575,000,000,000,000,000,000 millions

I'm leaning towards "one thousand five hundred and seventy-five billion billion millions"

ETA:

Apparently, according to google, that's one sextillion, five hundred and seventy-five quintillion millions

Quintillion 18 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
Sextillion 21 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Chapter 4 is yours, thank you!

I am leaning toward the possibilities that Jo has given for ease of reading. I think that 1.57 sextillion millions sounds like the easiest. The one the all-knowing Google has given is probably accurate, but a bit cumbersome. I am fine with either possibility!
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icequeen wrote: January 21st, 2022, 4:20 pm
kristakz wrote: January 21st, 2022, 8:32 am Can I read chapter 4?

And can you tell me how you would pronounce this lovely number
1,575,000,000,000,000,000,000 millions

I'm leaning towards "one thousand five hundred and seventy-five billion billion millions"

ETA:

Apparently, according to google, that's one sextillion, five hundred and seventy-five quintillion millions

Quintillion 18 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
Sextillion 21 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Chapter 4 is yours, thank you!

I am leaning toward the possibilities that Jo has given for ease of reading. I think that 1.57 sextillion millions sounds like the easiest. The one the all-knowing Google has given is probably accurate, but a bit cumbersome. I am fine with either possibility!
Thank you! I think the number should sound really big, and 1.57 kind of defeats that.
But maybe 1,575 quintillion millions gets it across in the simplest terms (simple being merely a figure of speech in this case - sheesh that's a big number)
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knotyouraveragejo wrote: January 22nd, 2022, 11:00 pm Hi Ann,

Here is Chapter 10, Jupiter the Giant Planet

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Chapter 10 is PL OK!
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Hi. I'd like 3 and 25 please.

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I asked my librarian about the noise, and she said,
"no one would come here if they weren't allowed to talk out loud."
So I read out loud.
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Wowzers! And I keep looking to fiction for imagination!


https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/romanceofmodernastronomy_25_macpherson_128kb.mp3

16:19.5

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czandra wrote: January 24th, 2022, 3:12 pm Wowzers! And I keep looking to fiction for imagination!


https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/romanceofmodernastronomy_25_macpherson_128kb.mp3

16:19.5

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Thank you!
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czandra wrote: January 24th, 2022, 4:46 am Hi. I'd like 3 and 25 please.

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I thought I missed you somewhere, but you were just diligent when I was not able to get on all day! Sections 3 and 25 are yours, and thank you for your sections!
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21 and 27 please!

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czandra wrote: January 25th, 2022, 7:41 am 21 and 27 please!

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They are yours! Thank you!
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Chapters 3 and 25 are PL OK!
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I asked my librarian about the noise, and she said,
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