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The Size of an Atom
Atom's diameter, 100 millionth of a centimeter
"If we magnify a drop of water to the size of the Earth,
its atom would be the size of a baseball."
-Lawrence Bragg, Physicist
"If an orange was as big as the Earth,
its atom would be smaller than an orange."
-Fritjof Capra, Physicist
In addition,
at the center of the atom is the nucleus.
"If the atom was the size of a football stadium
the nucleus would be a football." -Malcolm Longair, Physicist
An atom is enormous compared to its very small nucleus.
And between them is 99.999%
A void fills up 99.999% of an atom.
The world consists of atoms.
One cell contains 100 trillion atoms.
A human body consists of 100 trillion cells.
The world population is six billion.
This is the solar system where the Earth belongs to.
Our galaxy has 100 billion stars like the Sun.
There are 100 billion galaxies in the universe.
However,
99.999% of what we see,
99.999% of what we desire,
99.999% of all that, are void.