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Exercises: Power Laws

Atoms are everywhere

A helium atom has a diameter of about 61011 meters, and a hydrogen atom weighs about 1.71027 kilograms.

The mass of Jupiter is about 1.8991027kg , of which about 1.71027 is hydrogen.

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  1. What idea can you get of the size of atoms and their mass?

  2. Calculate the number of hydrogen atoms that Jupiter contains.


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