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A cloud containing 140 trillion times the amount of water in our oceans would be pretty hard to miss if it was in our solar system! In fact, it might be bigger
by swombat 15y ago
A cloud containing 140 trillion times the amount of water in our oceans would be pretty hard to miss if it was in our solar system! In fact, it might be bigger than our solar system... Anyone care to do the quick estimate math? (I'm on an iPad, impractical...)
- chronomex 15y agoThat would be a sphere of water with radius <0.25AU: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1.3+billion+cubic+kilometres+*+140+trillion http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1.3+billion+cubic+kilom... (Ocean volume figure is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean )