Earth's "new" weight has been disclosed
Date
11/19/2022 5:49:23 AM
(MENAFN) On Friday, scientists decided to add new prefixes to the SI system of measurement, with ronna- and quetta- becoming the system's biggest units. The Earth now weighs roughly six ronnagrams as a result of the enhancements.
The measures were approved during the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures, which meets every four years at Versailles Palace in France to select new additions to the International System of Units (SI).
A ronnagram now symbolizes one gram followed by 27 zeros, and a quettagram one gram followed by 30 zeros, much as a kilogram does 1,000 grams. The prefixes can be applied to any of the SI system's base units. A ronnameter, for example, is one meter to the power of 27, whereas a quettavolt is one volt of electric potential to the power of 30.
Dr. Richard Brown of the UK's National Physical Laboratory recommended the new prefixes, which were motivated by the demands of the IT industry, which is already utilizing the previous highest prefixes in data storage (yottabytes and zettabytes).
“In terms of expressing data in yottabytes, which is the highest prefix currently, we’re very close to the limit,” Brown informed AFP. He went on to say that the additional features will "future proof the system" for the next 20 to 25 years. At that time, the SI system will confront a new issue, as there are no more letters in the alphabet that are not currently in use for other units.
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