[USMA:27138] Re: Powers of 10

[Joseph B. Reid]

Madan wrote in USMA 27134:

Watch this small movie
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
It starts from 10 million light-years and moves to 1
trillion km to  100 attometers.
Madan

Which trillion?

In USA:
        1 billion = 10 to the 9th
        1 trillion = 10 to the 12th.
In most other countries:
        1 billion = 10 to the 12th
        1 trillion = 10 to the 18th.