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Scientific Notation & Orders of Magnitude: Physical Mechanisms

Astronomy routinely compares quantities that differ by factors of millions, billions, or more. Scientific notation helps estimate whether an answer is physically plausible.

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Astronomy routinely compares quantities that differ by factors of millions, billions, or more.

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Multiplication adds exponents, division subtracts them, and ratios of powers of ten reveal scale directly.

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