Jump to content

More Stars than Atoms on Earth?


Are There more Stars than there are Atoms that create Earth?  

1 member has voted

  1. 1. Are There more Stars than there are Atoms that create Earth?

    • Yes
      7
    • No
      10


Recommended Posts

thats is a hard thing to think about. I voted no, but i dont knw. I just cant imagine there being more than atoms on earth, but then again...... :confused: its difficult to think about becase we know absolutely nothing about our universe (ok, just alittle)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

if it is not true at the moment that there are more atoms on the earth then there are stars in the universe then at some point there may be because the universe is expanding and new stars are being created and earth is staying at the same number of atoms it will always have. therefore at some point in the very very distant future(that is if our earth is around long enough to see it) there will eventually be enough stars to out number the atoms.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Number of atoms in the Earth = 1.3 x 10^51. This is reasonably accurate.

["]http://education.jlab.org/qa/mathatom_05.html]

Number of stars in the Universe = 1.0 x 10^22. Conservative figure.

["]http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Extraterrestrial%20life.htm]

Number of stars in the Universe= 7.0 x 10^22. In the 'known Universe'.

["]http://www.ufoindia.org/news_70sextillionstars.htm]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

if it is not true at the moment that there are more atoms on the earth then there are stars in the universe then at some point there may be because the universe is expanding and new stars are being created and earth is staying at the same number of atoms it will always have. therefore at some point in the very very distant future(that is if our earth is around long enough to see it) there will eventually be enough stars to out number the atoms.

 

But stars are also dying, aren't they? The matter left over from supernovae is used to create new stars.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

hmm, arnt we meant to have as many neurones as there are stars?

 

If there were only as many stars as we have neurons, then that doesn't even come close to what I am suggesting.

 

Jut TRY and imagine more stars than atoms that make up the earth. It is truly astonishing. This is what I want to know if we can say.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Mustang, does my post - number 4 - fail to answer this for you?

Known Universe - 70000000000000000000000 stars

Earth - 13000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000 atoms.

 

404 ERROR on all 3 links in your first post. Secondly, if that last one is from India Daily then, no, it is not a credible source at all.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

404 ERROR on all 3 links in your first post. Secondly, if that last one is from India Daily then, no, it is not a credible source at all.

My apologies for not checking the links once they were within the post.

 

You may perhaps notice the problem is that the square bracket (close) has been incorporated into the url.

 

Here is the corrected set of links:

 

http://education.jlab.org/qa/mathatom_05.html

 

http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Extraterrestrial%20life.htm

 

http://www.ufoindia.org/news_70sextillionstars.htm

 

 

 

The last link is from a much more suspect source than India Daily: UFO India Organistion. That, however does not invalidate the datum. Perhaps you will find the same numbers more credible from this site.

 

http://www.spacenow.org.uk/index.cfm?code=expluni&subcode=article&recID=43

 

 

 

Unless you wish to consider the Universe infinite in extent, it seems there are around 10^28 atoms (Edit for clarity: "in the Earth" )for every star in the known Universe.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

originally posted by pulsar-21

if it is not true at the moment that there are more atoms on the earth then there are stars in the universe then at some point there may be because the universe is expanding and new stars are being created and earth is staying at the same number of atoms it will always have. therefore at some point in the very very distant future(that is if our earth is around long enough to see it) there will eventually be enough stars to out number the atoms.

 

New stars are not being created in the way you percieve it, the entire universe is expanding. Every atom, dimension of space is being stretched to a larger version of its former self.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ophiolite: Unless you wish to consider the Universe infinite in extent, it seems there are around 10^28 atoms (Edit for clarity: "in the Earth" )for every star in the known Universe.

 

Well, I guess I should have stated that I meant the Unknown Universe as well. Those calculations are only for the known universe. I guess I'm looking theoretical now.

 

Megadeth: New stars are not being created in the way you percieve it, the entire universe is expanding. Every atom, dimension of space is being stretched to a larger version of its former self.

 

I agree.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.