Name for the distribution of matter?

In summary, there is a trend in the distribution of matter in the universe where there are more small objects than large objects. This has been observed by an antiquarian and possibly named by someone, but the name is unknown. Some possible considerations for this trend are the definitions of "huge" and "tiny" and the limitations of our scale in understanding the universe. There is also a statistical concept called Benford's Law, but it may not be directly related to this trend. Additionally, it is important to note that the number of large objects is inherently less than the number of small objects due to their composition.
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Brian Turner
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There's more small stuff than big masses in the universe. Did anyone ever give this trend a name?
I'm presuming some antiquarian noticed that there tends to be loads of tiny mass objects in the universe than huge mass objects. I'm presuming someone somewhere put their name to a trend about this distribution of matter. However, I'm struggling to find a name for it - if there is one. Can anyone help?
 
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See also Benford's Law
 
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Brian Turner said:
Summary: There's more small stuff than big masses in the universe. Did anyone ever give this trend a name?

I'm presuming some antiquarian noticed that there tends to be loads of tiny mass objects in the universe than huge mass objects. I'm presuming someone somewhere put their name to a trend about this distribution of matter. However, I'm struggling to find a name for it - if there is one. Can anyone help?

Define "huge" and "tiny". To an ant, a pebble is "huge".

The universe was not designed to be defined simply using our scale.

Zz.
 
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mjc123 said:
See also Benford's Law
Careful not to mix it up with the statistical one on the distribution of digits in documents.
 
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mjc123 said:
See also Benford's Law
Not sure this is exactly what the OP is referring to. In answer to OP, there has to be (fewer large things that small things), because the large ones are made of multiple small ones.
 

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