"Tue Sorensen" wrote in message
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wrote:
Ba is allegedly 47 Jupiter masses and 1,3 milliards of years old.

Is "milliard" a generally accepted English term for
"billion" now?

No it is not. People in the UK might understand it but North Americans will
not.


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