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Orders of magnitude (mass)

This is a list of orders of magnitude for mass. Other lists for time, area, volume, length and dimensionless numbers are also available, and an overview is at order of magnitude.

  • 10-31 kilograms
    • rest mass of an electron: 9.31 × 10-31 kg
  • 10-30 kg
  • 10-29 kg
  • 10-28 kg
  • 10-27 kg = 1 yactogram (yg)
  • 10-26 kg
  • 10-25 kg
    • 107.8682 amu -- atomic mass of silver
    • [259] amu -- atomic mass of nobelium
  • 10-24 kg = 1 zeptogram (zg)
  • 10-23 kg
  • 10-22 kg
  • 10-21 kg = 1 attogram (ag)
  • 10-20 kg
    • mass of a small virus = 10 ag
  • 10-19 kg
  • 10-18 kg = 1 femtogram (fg)
  • 10-17 kg
  • 10-16 kg
  • 10-15 kg = 1 picogram (pg)
  • 10 pg
  • 100 pg
  • 10-12 kg = 1 nanogram (ng)
  • 10 ng
  • 100 ng
  • 10-9 kg = 1 microgram (μg)
    • Uncertainty in the mass of the prototype kilogram: 2 μg
  • 10 μg
  • 100 μg
    • average lethal dose of ricin: 200 μg
  • 10-6 kg = 1 milligram (mg)
    • mass of a grain of sand ≈ 0.3 - 13 mg
    • typical mass of a mosquito: 1 - 2 mg
  • 10 mg
  • 100 mg
    • 1 metric carat: 0.2 g
    • average hallucinogenic dose for mescaline: 0.3 g
  • 10-3 kg = 1 gram (g)
  • 10 g
  • 100 g
  • 1 kg
  • 10 kg
    • a CRT computer monitor: 10-30 kg
    • mass of average human: 70 kg
  • 100 kg
    • quintal: 100kg (mainly U.S. - other countries have different definitions)
    • approximate mass of a lion: 250 kg
    • approximate mass of a dairy cow: 700 kg
    • 1 short ton (U.S.): 910 kg
  • 103 kg = 1 metric ton (t)
  • 10 t
  • 100 t
    • mass of largest animal, the blue whale: 100 t on average
    • Concorde maximum take-off mass: 185 t
  • 106 kg
  • 107 kg
  • 108 kg
    • mass of largest ship, Jahre Viking, when fully loaded: 6.5 × 108 kg
  • 109 kg
  • 1010 kg
  • 1011 kg
    • Total mass of the world's humans = 4-5 × 1011 kg
    • Estimated total mass of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, thought to be the most plentiful creature on the planet, = 1-8 × 1011 kg
  • 1012 kg
    • World oil production in 2001 = 3.91 × 1012 kg
  • 1013 kg
  • 1014 kg
  • 1015 kg
  • 1016 kg
  • 1017 kg
    • Mass of a typical asteroid = 1.23 × 1017 kg
  • 1018 kg
    • Mass of Earth's atmosphere = 5 × 1018 kg
  • 1019 kg
  • 1020 kg
  • 1021 kg
  • 1022 kg
    • Mass of Pluto = 1.2 × 1022 kg
    • Mass of Moon = 7.349 × 1022 kg
  • 1023 kg
    • Mass of Titan = 1.2×1023 kg
    • Mass of Triton = 1.5×1023 kg
    • Mass of Ganymede = 1.5×1023 kg
    • Mass of Mercury = 3.2×1023 kg
    • Mass of Mars = 6.4×1023 kg
  • 1024 kg
    • Mass of Venus = 4.9 × 1024 kg
    • Mass of Earth = 6.0 x 1024 kg
  • 1025 kg
  • 1026 kg
  • 1027 kg
  • 1028 kg
  • 1029 kg
  • 1030 kg
  • 1031 kg
  • 1032 kg
  • 1033 kg
  • 1034 kg
  • 1035 kg
  • 1036 kg
  • 1037 kg
  • 1038 kg
  • 1039 kg
  • 1040 kg
  • 1041 kg
  • 1042 kg
  • 1052 kg
See also SI, SI prefixes, SI base units, units, mass, orders of magnitude, conversion of units

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