N007 counting clock · 1 cell per second, nonstop (no sleep, no breaks) Julian year = 31,557,600 s · cells counted per day = 86,400 · per year = 31,557,600 id | cells (trillion) | years to count | million yr | x Homo sapiens (300k yr) | core rbc | 25.0 | 792,202 | 0.79 | 2.64 | true hatton_f | 28.0 | 887,266 | 0.89 | 2.96 | true sender | 30.0 | 950,643 | 0.95 | 3.17 | true hatton_m | 36.0 | 1,140,771 | 1.14 | 3.80 | true bianconi | 37.2 | 1,178,797 | 1.18 | 3.93 | true hatton_c | 17.0 | 538,697 | 0.54 | 1.80 | false bacteria | 38.0 | 1,204,147 | 1.20 | 4.01 | false both | 68.0 | 2,154,790 | 2.15 | 7.18 | false Adult spread: 887,266 to 1,178,797 years (0.89–1.18 million): "about a million years" Comparisons bacteria_to_human_ratio 1.267 :1 paper states B/H = 1.3 (±25%) rbc_share_of_human_cells 83.3 % from rounded inputs; the paper states 84% (use 84%) bacteria_mass_lb 0.441 lb 0.2 kg (Sender 2016): "under half a pound" earth_equatorial_circumference_km 40,075.0 km 2 x pi x 6378.137 rbc_lineup_low_km 168,750 km diameter 6.75 um rbc_lineup_low_mi 104,856 mi rbc_lineup_low_laps_of_earth 4.21 laps around the equator rbc_lineup_low_moon_fraction 0.439 x Moon distance 384,400 km rbc_lineup_mean_km 181,750 km diameter 7.27 um rbc_lineup_mean_mi 112,934 mi rbc_lineup_mean_laps_of_earth 4.54 laps around the equator rbc_lineup_mean_moon_fraction 0.473 x Moon distance 384,400 km rbc_lineup_high_km 194,750 km diameter 7.79 um rbc_lineup_high_mi 121,012 mi rbc_lineup_high_laps_of_earth 4.86 laps around the equator rbc_lineup_high_moon_fraction 0.507 x Moon distance 384,400 km sender_counting_8h_per_day_years 2,851,928 yr optional aside only Wrote build/cell-count-clock.csv and build/cell-count-compare.csv