How big is 1 yotta? Definition and examples

How big is 1 yotta? 1 yotta is a prefix meaning one septillion or 10 to the power of twenty-three.

1 yotta = 10²³

One yotta is equal to a 1 followed by 23 zeros.

Below are a few examples of the word yotta being used as a prefix for gram, liter, and meter.

1 yottagram  = 1000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 grams

1 yottaliter     = 1000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 liters

1 yottameter  = 1000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 meters

Interesting fact about 1 yotta

1. The mass of Mercury = 3.285(10²³) kg   

Therefore, the mass of Mercury is about 3.285 yottakilograms

2. You can store about 250 movies with 1 terabyte 

Since 1 yottabyte is equal to 1 trillion terabytes, 1 yottabyte could help you store about 250 trillion movies.

3. Many modern computers have 1 terabyte of RAM. 

Since 1 yottabyte is equal to 1 trillion terabytes, a manufacturer could build 1 trillion computers if each computer has 1 terabyte of RAM.