A review of scientific notation.

Astronomy deals with very large and very small numbers…

Distance from Earth to Sun ~

150 000 000 000 meters

Mass of hydrogen atom ~

0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 67 kg

1.5x1011 meters

1.67x10-27 kg

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