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Eddington Number


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136\cdot 2^{256}\approx 1.575\times 10^{79}.
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According to Eddington, the exact number of protons in the universe, where 136 was the Reciprocal of the fine structure constant as best as it could be measured in his time.

See also Large Number




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1999-05-25