The mass of the Earth can now be measured as 6 ronnagrams rather than 6,000 yottagrams. An electron's mass can now be said to be about 1 rontogram rather than 0.001 yoctograms.
Yotta was the largest prefix in the metric system before the new additions. Now, the Earth's mass can be said to be about 6 ronnagrams rather than 6,000 yottagrams. The sun can be said to be about 2,000 quettagrams rather than 2,000,000,000 yottagrams.
The new prefixes come at a time when scientists and industries are dealing with data that need measurements going beyond the current range. "The change was largely driven by the growing requirements of data science and digital storage, which is already using prefixes at the top of the existing range ," theThe world is projected to have generated about 175 zettabytes of data by 2025, according to the market research groupThe prefixes for small numbers will be useful for quantum science and particle physics, the NPL said. An
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