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MethosofGondor t1_je5xl2v wrote

Reply to comment by KetosisMD in Ultramassive black hole over 30 billion times mass of our sun has been spotted. The discovery had been made possible thanks to a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing — the first time a black hole has been spotted in such a way. by Wagamaga

But how many elephants is that?

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TheDolphinGod t1_je60yet wrote

Well, assuming an elephant weight of 10,000lb, the sun weighs approximately 4.385 septillion elephants. This black hole then would equal the mass of 1.3155x10^37 elephants, or 13,155,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, AKA 13.155 Undecillion elephants.

Hope this helps.

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wp998906 t1_je6renj wrote

What about bananas, our standard unit of measurement in the tech world.

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discostud1515 t1_je6ybc9 wrote

I’m gonna need to know it in either football fields or Olympic swimming pools.

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