Calculations by scientists suggest that purchasing the Earth would come to approximately five thousand trillion dollars, which may seem astronomical.
Even the wealthiest individual on Earth, Carlos Slim Helu, a Mexican tycoon worth $50 billion, would need to gather over 100,000 similarly affluent friends to cover the cost.
According to cosmic evaluations, our planet is the most expensive in the Solar System. Mars is valued at $20,000, while Venus would cost around one cent. The other planets are too inhospitable, hot, or cold to have any registered value.
Among the 1,235 known planets in the Universe, KOI 326.01 stands out as the most valuable, estimated at $280,000. Astrophysicist Greg Laughlin devised a complex equation to determine the values of discoveries made by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft as it travels through the Milky Way. Understanding it requires the expertise of a rocket scientist. The worth of a planet includes factors like its size, temperature, mass, and other critical statistics.
Professor Laughlin from the University of California remarked, “The formula makes you realise just how precious Earth is and I hope it will help us safeguard it.”
I might just wait for Earth to appear on eBay… who knows, I might snag a good deal.
by David Livingstone
