How Big is 1 Zetta? Definition and Examples

How big is 1 zetta? 1 zetta is a prefix meaning one sextillion or 10 to the power of twenty-one.

1 zetta = 10²¹

It is a 1 followed by 21 zeros.

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

1 zetagram     = 1000 000 000 000 000 000 000 grams

1 zettaliter      = 1000 000 000 000 000 000 000 liters

1 zettameter  = 1000 000 000 000 000 000 000 meters

Interesting Facts about 1 Zetta

1. The mass of the moon = 7.349(10²²) kg = 73.49(10²¹) kg  

Therefore, the mass of the moon is about 73 zettakilograms

2. You can store about 250 movies with 1 terabyte 

Since 1 zettabyte is equal to 1 billion terabytes, 1 zettabyte could help you store about 250 billion movies.

3. Many modern computers have 1 terabyte of RAM. 

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