http://www.starship101.com/ss Expand Your Knowledge of Outer Space Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:50:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.starship101.com/ss/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-198 David Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:50:09 +0000 http://www.starship101.com/ss/?p=4#comment-198 Actually Chris and Josh are right. I should have used numbers instead of letters as a billion can be 10^9 or 10^12 depending on whether you are using "long scale" or "short scale" conventions. Let the record show that 6 x 10^12, or 6,000,000,000,000 miles is approximately correct. Actually Chris and Josh are right. I should have used numbers instead of letters as a billion can be 10^9 or 10^12 depending on whether you are using “long scale” or “short scale” conventions. Let the record show that 6 x 10^12, or 6,000,000,000,000 miles is approximately correct.

]]> http://www.starship101.com/ss/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-197 Josh Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:25:07 +0000 http://www.starship101.com/ss/?p=4#comment-197 It is 6 trillion. Look at the number genius. The first 3 zero's is hundred, the next 3 numbers in 100 thousand, the next 3 is 100 million, the next 100 billion, and the final number is trillion. It is 6 trillion. Look at the number genius. The first 3 zero’s is hundred, the next 3 numbers in 100 thousand, the next 3 is 100 million, the next 100 billion, and the final number is trillion.

]]> http://www.starship101.com/ss/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-2 Chris Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:01:57 +0000 http://www.starship101.com/ss/?p=4#comment-2 It's not 6 trillion miles, it's about 6 billion miles, if using english billions, which is a million million miles to a billion, or 60 billion miles if using american billions. The exact number is actually 5,869,713,600,000 miles a year, though not 5,865,696,000,000, as it is commonly mistaken for as it is not exactly 365 days in a year, but 365 and a 1/4 years. It’s not 6 trillion miles, it’s about 6 billion miles, if using english billions, which is a million million miles to a billion, or 60 billion miles if using american billions. The exact number is actually 5,869,713,600,000 miles a year, though not 5,865,696,000,000, as it is commonly mistaken for as it is not exactly 365 days in a year, but 365 and a 1/4 years.

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