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Name: Garryare
Status: student
Grade: 6-8
Location: NE
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Date: 11/7/2005
Question:
How many stars are there?

Replies:
The answer is: No one knows. One estimate is 10^21 that is, '1' followed by 21 zeros but really that is a guess:

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970115.html

Vince Calder


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