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==Number of Stars==
 
==Number of Stars==
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The [[Bible]] implies that the number of stars is virtually countless<ref>Jeremiah 33:22</ref>, but for many years this was not accepted.  [[Hipparchus]] in 128 B.C. stated there were 1,026 stars in the sky.  [[Kepler]] in 1600 A.D. did his own count and found the number to be 1,005.  Today, thanks to the [[Hubble telescope]] among other methods, the actual number is put at 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/07/22/stars.survey Star survey reaches 70 sextillion</ref>  
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The [[Bible]] implies that the number of stars is virtually countless<ref>Jeremiah 33:22</ref>, but for many years this was not accepted.  [[Hipparchus]] in 128 B.C. stated there were 1,026 stars in the sky.  [[Kepler]] in 1600 A.D. did his own count and found the number to be 1,005.  Today, thanks to the [[Hubble Telescope]] among other methods, the actual number is put at 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/07/22/stars.survey Star survey reaches 70 sextillion</ref>
    
==References==
 
==References==
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