@
The Living Tribunal1: The universe is infinite after recent measurements. Margin of error is just about 0.4%
Source:
NASA
For me that is certain enough and I would go with it. Also as
Azathoth the Abyssal Idiot wrote a universe busting feat is self evident. Either everything was destroyed or it wasn´t quite universe busting. There just is nothing in between.
@
FanofRPGs: GBE is usually (by OBD standard at least) calculated with the formula given
here, so I will give results from it precedence.
So let me check the case:
First our sun.
Solar Mass = 198892*10^30 kg
Solar radius = 6.96342*10^8 m
Complete formula: (3*(6.674*10^-11)*(198892*10^30)^2)/(5*6.96342*10^8)
Result: 2.2748328548001068e41 J = 5.4369810105165076482e31 tons of TNT = 54.36 tenatons
So if your Septillion is the US septillion (really I always have to look up and guess what people mean if they use huge numbers like that >.< who would even know by head how much a septillion is?) your result is the same as mine.
So in that case I suggest we use it. If anyone present, for any reason knows why these value should not be used, let him write now or forever hold his peace.
Now Rigel:
Mass: 17 solar masses
radius: 62 solar radii
Since they are muliples of our units before that I will just modify the formula accordingly:
Complete formula: (3*(6.674*10^-11)*(17*1.98892*10^30)^2)/(62*5*6.96342*10^8)
Result: 1.06036e42 J = 2.534321223709369e32 tons of TNT = 253 tenatons
So I actually got it even lower than you. Reason:
My values. I find a lot of different values for its mass and radius. The
german wikipedia page to Rigel lists the stars, that the star system is made of, seperate and states the mass of the main star, which is the one we are interested in, as 17 solar masses and with a radius of 62 solar radii. So that is where i took my values from.
So I am kinda unsure about the very basis of this calc. I will try to find a reliable source or if anyone can link me a reliable source on mass and radius that clearly distinguishs between the star system Riegel and the star Riegel (Riegel A) I would appreciate it.