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  2. Eddington number - Wikipedia

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    He related α to the Eddington number, which was his estimate of the number of protons in the universe. [2] This led him in 1929 to conjecture that α was exactly 1/136. [ 3 ] He devised a "proof" that N Edd = 136 × 2 256 , or about 1.57 × 10 79 .

  3. List of space stations - Wikipedia

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    The highest number of people at the same time on one space station has been 13, first achieved with the eleven day docking to the ISS of the 127th Space Shuttle mission in 2009. The record for most people on all space stations at the same time has been 17, first on May 30, 2023, with 11 people on the ISS and 6 on the TSS.

  4. International Space Station - Wikipedia

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    Also installed during STS-134 was the 15 m (50 ft) Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), which had been used to inspect heat shield tiles on Space Shuttle missions and which can be used on the station to increase the reach of the MSS. [149] Staff on Earth or the ISS can operate the MSS components using remote control, performing work outside the ...

  5. Elementary particle - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, one can conclude that most of the visible mass of the universe consists of protons and neutrons, which, like all baryons, in turn consist of up quarks and down quarks. Some estimates imply that there are roughly 10 80 baryons (almost entirely protons and neutrons) in the observable universe. [11]

  6. Neutron - Wikipedia

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    In many substances, thermal neutron reactions show a much larger effective cross-section than reactions involving faster neutrons, and thermal neutrons can therefore be absorbed more readily (i.e., with higher probability) by any atomic nuclei that they collide with, creating a heavier – and often unstable – isotope of the chemical element ...

  7. Space station - Wikipedia

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    A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft which remains in orbit and hosts humans for extended periods of time. It therefore is an artificial satellite featuring habitation facilities . The purpose of maintaining a space station varies depending on the program.

  8. Universe - Wikipedia

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    The observable universe contains as many as an estimated 2 trillion galaxies [95] [96] [97] and, overall, as many as an estimated 10 24 stars [98] [99] – more stars (and earth-like planets) than all the grains of beach sand on planet Earth; [100] [101] [102] but less than the total number of atoms estimated in the universe as 10 82; [103] and ...

  9. List of space stations by country - Wikipedia

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    Tiangong space station: CMSA; 3 29 April 2021 in orbit 1405 1275 24 8 8 22,600 kg (49,800 lb) 110 m 3 (3,880 cu ft) (planned) Soviet/Russian space stations.