Sextillion
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Main article: Names of large numbers
A sextillion is a number written as either:
- a 1 followed by 21 zeros (10 to the 21st power, as used in the short scale system of numeration.
or
- a 1 followed by 30 zeros (10 to the 30th power, as used in the French system of numeration.
In the "short scale"), this number is equal to 1,000 quintillion.
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In science
Astronomers estimate that there are about 70 sextillion (70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) stars in the visible universe.
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