Question

What length of time is equivalent to an eon?

Answer 1

Four hours ago is not an eon. Eon goes back to the Greek aiōn, "age." An age is not easy to measure, and neither is an eon. Both are just really long periods of time, but in science an eon is about a billion years.

Answer 2

Four hours ago is not an eon. Eon goes back to the Greek aiōn, "age." An age is not easy to measure, and neither is aneon. Both are just really long periods oftime, but in science an eon is about a billion years.