Orders of magnitude (mass)
Appearance
Factor | Value | Item |
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10−36 | 3.6×10−36 kg | Electron neutrino, upper limit on mass (2 eV/c²) |
10−35 | ||
10−34 | ||
10−33 | ||
10−32 | ||
10−31 | 9.1×10−31 kg | Electron (511 keV/c²), the lightest elementary particle with a measured nonzero rest mass. |
10−30 | ||
10−29 | ||
10−28 | 1.9×10−28 kg | Muon (106 MeV/c²) |
10−27 yoctogram (yg) |
1.661×10−27 kg | Atomic mass unit (amu) or dalton (Da) |
1.673×10−27 kg | Proton (938.3 MeV/c²) | |
1.674×10−27 kg | Hydrogen atom, the lightest atom | |
1.675×10−27 kg | Neutron (939.6 MeV/c²) | |
10−26 | 1.15×10−26 kg | Lithium atom (6.941 amu) |
2.99×10−26 kg | Water molecule (18.015 amu) | |
7.95×10−26 kg | Titanium atom (47.867 amu) | |
10−25 | 1.79×10−25 kg | Silver atom (107.8682 amu) |
1.6×10−25 kg | Z boson (91.2 GeV/c²) | |
3.1×10−25 kg | Top quark (173 GeV/c²), the heaviest known elementary particle | |
3.2×10−25 kg | Caffeine molecule (194 amu) | |
3.45×10−25 kg | Lead-208 atom, the heaviest stable isotope known | |
10−24 zeptogram (zg) |
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10−23 | ||
10−22 | 1.1×10−22 kg | Haemoglobin A molecule |
10−21 attogram (ag) |
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10−20 | 10−20 kg | A small virus |
10−19 | ||
10−18 femtogram (fg) |
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10−17 | 1.1×10−17 kg | Mass equivalent of one joule |
4.6×10−17 kg | Mass equivalent of a calorie | |
10−16 | 7×10−16 kg | Escherichia coli bacterium |
10−15 picogram (pg) |
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10−14 | ||
10−13 | ||
10−12 nanogram (ng) |
10−12 kg | Average cell of the human body (1 nanogram) |
10−11 | 1.5×10−11 kg | Lethal dose of botulin toxin (the deadliest substance known) -about 200 pg/kg of body mass, so a 15 ng dose would kill almost anybody. |
10−10 | ||
10−9 microgram (µg) |
2×10−9 kg | Uncertainty in the mass of the prototype kilogram (2 micrograms) |
3×10−9 kg | Small grain of sand (0.063 mm diameter, 3 micrograms) | |
10−8 | 2.2×10−8 kg | Planck mass |
10−7 | 10−7 kg | "Hit" of LSD (100 micrograms) |
2×10−7 kg | Lethal dose of ricin (200 micrograms) | |
10−6 milligram (mg) |
1–2×10−6 kg | Typical mass of a mosquito (1–2 milligrams) |
10−5 | 1–3×10−5 kg | Dose of DXM per labeling on most products (10-30 milligrams) |
9×10−5 kg | Large grain of sand (2 mm diameter, 90 milligrams) | |
10−4 | 1.5×10−4 kg | Typical amount of caffeine in one cup of coffee (150 milligrams) |
2×10−4 kg | Metric carat (200 milligrams) | |
1–2×10−4 kg | Maximum legal caffeine pill in United States (0.1–0.2 grams) | |
3×10−4 kg | Hallucinogenic dose for mescaline (0.3 grams) | |
10−3 gram (g) |
10−3 kg | One millilitre of water (1 gram) |
8×10−3 kg | Typical coins: euro (7.5 grams) and U.S. dollar (8.1 grams) | |
10−2 decagram (dag) |
1×10−2 kg | Lethal dose of caffeine for an adult (10 grams) |
1.2–4×10−2 kg | Adult mouse (Mus musculus, 12–40 grams) | |
2.4×10−2 kg | Amount of ethanol in one drink (24 grams) | |
2.8×10−2 kg | Ounce (avoirdupois) (28.35 grams) | |
10−1 hectogram (Hg) |
0.15 kg | Human kidney (150 grams) |
0.454 kg | Pound (avoirdupois) (454 grams) | |
1 kg kilogram (kg) |
1 kg | One litre of water, approx. |
3 kg | Newborn human baby | |
4.0 kg | Women's shotput | |
5–7 kg | Housecat | |
5–9 kg | Pizote | |
7.3 kg | Men's shotput | |
101 | 10–30 kg | A CRT computer monitor or television set |
15–20 kg | Medium-sized dog | |
70 kg | Adult human; large dog | |
102 | 100 kg | Quintal (mainly U.S. - other countries have different definitions) |
180–250 kg | Mature lion, female (180 kg) and male (250 kg) | |
700 kg | Dairy cow | |
907 kg | Short ton (U.S.) | |
103 megagram (Mg) |
1000 kg | Metric ton/tonne; one cubic metre of water |
1016 kg | Ton (British) / 1 long ton (U.S.) | |
800–1600 kg | Typical passenger automobiles | |
3000–7000 kg | Adult elephant | |
104 | 1.1×104 kg | Hubble Space Telescope (11 tonnes) |
1.2×104 kg | Largest elephant on record (12 tonnes) | |
1.4×104 kg | Bell of Big Ben (14 tonnes) | |
6.0×104 kg | Largest Meteorite, Hoba West Meteorite (60 tonnes) | |
8–10×104 kg | Largest known dinosaur, the Argentinosaurus (80–100 tonnes) | |
105 | 105 kg | Largest animal, the blue whale (100 tonnes) |
1.87×105 kg | International Space Station (187 tonnes) | |
6×105 kg | Antonov An-225 (the world's heaviest aircraft) maximum take-off mass (600 tonnes); payload: 250 tonnes | |
106 gigagram (Gg) |
1.5×106 kg | Individual gate of the Thames Barrier |
2.041×106 kg | Launch mass of the Space Shuttle (2041 tonnes) | |
107 | 1.1×107 kg | Annual production of Darjeeling tea (11,000 tonnes) |
2.6×107 kg | RMS Titanic (26,000 tonnes) | |
9.97×107 kg | Heaviest train ever (99,700 tonnes): Australia's BHP Iron Ore, 2001 record | |
108 | 6.5×108 kg | Largest ship, Knock Nevis, when fully loaded (650,000 tonnes) |
109 teragram (Tg) |
4.3×109 kg | Amount of matter converted into energy by the Sun each second |
6×109 kg | Great Pyramid of Giza | |
1010 | 6×1010 kg | Amount of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure |
1011 | 2×1011 kg | Amount of water stored in London storage reservoirs (0.2 km³) |
3×1011 kg | Total mass of the human world population | |
1–8×1011 kg | Total biomass of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, thought to be the most plentiful creature on the planet | |
1012 petagram (Pg) |
3.91×1012 kg | World oil production in 2001 |
1013 | ||
1014 | 2–3×1014 kg | Amount of rock that exploded in the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in 1815 |
1015 exagram (Eg) |
1×1015 kg | Estimated total world coal reserves economically accessible using current mining technology |
1016 | ||
1017 | ||
1018 zettagram (Zg) |
5×1018 kg | Earth's atmosphere |
1019 | ||
1020 | 8.7×1020 kg | Ceres, the largest asteroid in the main Asteroid Belt |
1021 yottagram (Yg) |
1.35×1021 kg | Earth's oceans |
1.6×1021 kg | Charon, the moon of Pluto | |
2.3×1021 kg | Total mass of the Asteroid Belt | |
1022 | 1.2×1022 kg | Pluto |
7.35×1022 kg | Earth's Moon | |
1023 | 1.2×1023 kg | Titan, largest moon of Saturn |
1.5×1023 kg | Triton, largest moon of Neptune | |
1.5×1023 kg | Ganymede, largest moon of Jupiter | |
3.2×1023 kg | Mercury | |
6.4×1023 kg | Mars | |
1024 | 4.9×1024 kg | Venus |
6.0×1024 kg | The Earth | |
1025 | 3.0×1025 kg | Lowest estimate of the mass of the Oort cloud |
8.7×1025 kg | Uranus | |
1026 | 1.0×1026 kg | Neptune |
5.7×1026 kg | Saturn | |
6.0×1026 kg | Highest estimate of the mass of the Oort cloud | |
1027 | 1.9×1027 kg | Jupiter |
1028 | 1–17×1028 kg | Brown dwarf stars |
1029 | ||
1030 | 2×1030 kg | Sun; one solar mass |
2.9×1030 kg | Chandrasekhar limit (1.44 solar masses) | |
1031 | 4×1031 kg | Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star |
1032 | ||
1033 | ||
1034 | ||
1035 | ||
1036 | 2×1036 kg | Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy |
1037 | ||
1038 | Typical mass of a globular cluster | |
1039 | ||
1040 | ||
1041 | 3.6×1041 kg | Visible mass of the Milky Way galaxy |
1042 | 2×1042 kg | Total mass of the Milky Way galaxy |
1043 | ||
1044 | ||
1045 | ||
1046 | 2×1046 kg | Virgo Supercluster |
1047 | ||
1048 | ||
1049 | ||
1050 | ||
1051 | ||
1052 | 2×1052 kg | Mass of a critical density Universe |
3×1052 kg | Mass of the observable universe |