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[โ€“] Dasus@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're right.

Earth itself weighs about 7 sextillion tons.

Sextillion in the short scale being to the 24th power while trillions being only 12th power.

[โ€“] Shampiss@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

Thanks for the correction. I was blinded by my hatred for Brenda. I was sure I was off by a lot but I couldn't bother looking it up at the time