@gigabecquerel Well stars in the Solar System: One.
@gigabecquerel my observations from downtown San Francisco confirm this
@gigabecquerel i was like ooooh. And then I was like wait a minute!
@gigabecquerel There are exactly 2 atoms of hydrogen in one molecule of water (H2O)

@jan_arie @gigabecquerel Which is one more than the number of stars in the entire solar system.

... unless you count stuff like the ones on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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My brain automatically corrected the statement and read solar system as galaxy. Yes only 2 atoms in one molecule.
@gigabecquerel Even twice as much!!1!
@gigabecquerel Took me like 3 seconds... Nice one.
@revk
You did good, it took me at least a few comments and a few minutes 😂
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@gigabecquerel image description (you may be able to update your post to make it more accessible): hand holding glass of water with the caption “there are more atoms of hydrogen in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire solar system”
@b_cavello @gigabecquerel
So there are only two stars? Which two?
@gigabecquerel isn't there just a single hydrogen atom in a water molecule?
@gigabecquerel oh I'm stupid and I need to read better 🤦‍♂️
@toon @gigabecquerel Nope. One oxygen. Two hydrogen.
@toon @gigabecquerel Only if you find extremely rare univalent oxygen... it's known as fluorine, and I strongly recommend against drinking or even touching such water. :)
@toon @gigabecquerel There is exactly one oxygene atom connected to two hydrogen atoms, that's why it is called H2O.

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An image of a glass of water, the caption reads: "There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water, than there are stars in the solar system."

#alt4u

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@gigabecquerel This was an evil mental rollercoaster.

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Is that meant to be"in a single drop of water"?

I thought there were two hydrogen atoms in a water molecule.

Pardon my ignorance if this is wrong or if this is satire.

@grendel84 Nope, it's entirely correct as it stands there

@grendel84 There are two hydrogen atoms in a molecule of water. There is one star in the solar system. Generally speaking, two is larger than one.

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@edavies @gigabecquerel

Whooshing sounds

Dang, my brain just automatically translated that to universe, since that's what so many of those kinds of facts state 😅

@grendel84 Yeah, I bet a lot of people read it as “galaxy” or “universe”.

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@gigabecquerel (mumbles something about OH- and H+ ions)
@toriver Neither of which are a single molecule of water :^)
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I think you mean cup, not molecule
@PeterF I think you should read the text again

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I had to read through a lot of replies before I caught up to "... the solar system" bit.

Well played.

@gigabecquerel And the number of takes I did on that ("Huh-- wait-- oh, right") is more than either.
@gigabecquerel In fact 2x more. Thankfully, they're not as big.
@johnnyd_cm @gigabecquerel That‘s a whopping 100%! Whoa! 🤓
@gigabecquerel Mina-san, please remember to hydrate yourselves. 💧
@gigabecquerel Literally twice as many, eh?
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And just how many stars in the solar system. The world may never know.