DiscApp ID # 175790
Article ID # 1509920
Author Mondo Fuego™
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IP 23.117.28.168
Date Wed Mar 19, 2014 17:24:43
Subject Folks here's how many grains of sand the Universe could hold

The known Universe, that is.

According to this little gem: http://scaleofuniverse.com/

1) The diameter of the known Universe is roughly 9.3*1026 meters.

2) And, the diameter of a grain of sand is roughly 5*10-4 meters or 0.5 millimeters

3) The volume of a sphere is 4/3*ΠR3

4) The volume of the known Universe is 4/3*3.1416*(4.65*1026)3 cubic meters, or 4.211613*1080 cubic meters

5) The volume of a grain of sand is 4/3*3.1416*(2.5*10-4)3 cubic meters, or 6.545*10-13 cubic meters

6) Thus, the number of grains of sand that would fit in the known Universe, assuming they all packed together leaving no space in between, would be:

4.211613*1080 / 6.545*10-13 , or 6.4349*1092