Number of elementary particles in visible universe?

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From: Kenneth Tolman
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 07:00

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What is the approximate number of elementary (I mean proton, electron,
neutron) particles in the visible universe?  Is it around 10^40, or 
way higher?

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From: tolman%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Kenneth Tolman)
Subject: Number of elementary particles in visible universe?
Date: 5 Oct 92 01:00:24 MDT
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