# How many earths fit in the observable universe?

I was pondering our insignificance, when I wondered - how much smaller is our planet then the (observable) universe? And being as I don't know how to do the math, I'm asking it here.

So how many of our planet (in space it occupies - i.e. ignoring space between the space between the spheres) can fit inside the known/observable universe?

• Really to me this question is pointless. I mean, the answer is obviously going to be a ridiculously big number, so what does it changes to you if it is 10^50 or 10^100?? – harogaston May 13 '14 at 23:40
• i was trying to find something to compare it to, in order to better understand it and relay it. – Math chiller May 14 '14 at 1:49

Without checking the numbers in detail, according to Wikipedia, the volume of the observable universe is about $3.5\cdot 10^{80} \mbox{ m}^3$, and the volume of Earth is about $1.08321\cdot 10^{21} \mbox{ m}^3$.
By dividing the two volumes we get a factor of $3.2\cdot 10^{59}$, or written as decimal number: The observable comoving volume of the universe is about 320,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000-times the volume of Earth.