Gaster comma

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211070580886405/721742671648, the gaster comma is a 5-limit unnoticeable comma measuring about 0.7995 cents. It is the difference between a stack of seventeen 9/8s and a stack of nineteen 10/9s, (9/8)17/(10/9)19 = [-70 72 -19 (quadbila-negu). Equal temperaments which temper out this comma include 111, 113, 224, 335, 559, 783, 1342, 1901, 3243 and others.

The gaster comma is tempered out by the gaster temperament.