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
- 10-30 kg
- About the rest mass of an electron
- 10-29 kg
- 10-28 kg
- 10-27 kg = 1 yactogram (yg)
- 1 atomic mass unit (amu) ≈ mass of a hydrogen atom ≈ 1.66 yg
- 10-26 kg
- 10-25 kg
- 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
- mass equivalence of one Joule: 1.1 × 10-17 kg
- increase in mass by heating 1 g of water by 1 °C: 4.6 × 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
- the Planck mass: 2.2 × 10-8 kg
- increase in mass by heating 1 ton of water by 100 °C: 4.6 × 10-8 kg
- 100 μg
- average lethal dose of ricin: 200 μg
- 10-6 kg = 1 milligram (mg)
- 10 mg
- 100 mg
- 10-3 kg = 1 gram (g)
- 1 millilitre of water at 4°C: 1g
- United States dime: ~1.5g, quarter: ~7g
- 10 g
- approximate lethal dose of caffeine for an adult: 10g
- approximate weight of a mouse: 17g
- amount of ethanol in one drink: 24g
- 1 ounce (avoirdupois) ≈ 28.35 g
- 100 g
- average weight of an adult human kidney: 150 g
- 1 pound (avoirdupois) ≈ 454 g
- 1 kg
- 10 kg
- 100 kg
- 103 kg = 1 metric ton (t)
- 1 cubic metre of liquid water
- 1 long ton (British) = 1,016.047 kg
- typical passenger automobiles: 0.8-1.6t
- adult elephant: 3-7t
- 10 t
- Hubble space telescope = 11t
- largest elephant on record = 12t
- bell of Big Ben = 14t
- Concorde (empty) = 78.7t
- 100 t
- mass of largest animal, the blue whale: 100 t on average
- Concorde maximum take-off mass: 185 t
- 106 kg
- mass of each gate of the Thames Barrier = 1.5 × 106 kg
- launch mass of the Space Shuttle = 2.041 × 106 kg
- 107 kg
- estimated annual production of Darjeeling tea = 1.1 × 107 kg
- mass of the Titanic = 2.6 × 107 kg
- 108 kg
- mass of largest ship, Jahre Viking, when fully loaded: 6.5 × 108 kg
- 109 kg
- mass of Great Pyramid of Giza: about 6 × 109 kg
- 1010 kg
- mass of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure = 6 × 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
- 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
- Mass of 1 Ceres = 8.7 × 1020 kg
- 1021 kg
- Total mass of Earth's oceans = 1.35×1021 kg
- Mass of Charon = 1.6×1021 kg
- Total mass of the Asteroid Belt = 2.3×1021 kg
- 1022 kg
- 1023 kg
- 1024 kg
- 1025 kg
- 1026 kg
- 1027 kg
- Mass of Jupiter = 1.9 × 1027 kg
- 1028 kg
- 1029 kg
- 1030 kg
- Mass of the Sun = 2 × 1030 kg
- Chandrasekhar limit approx. 3 × 1030 kg
- 1031 kg
- Mass of Betelgeuse = 4 × 1031 kg
- 1032 kg
- 1033 kg
- 1034 kg
- 1035 kg
- 1036 kg
- 1037 kg
- 1038 kg
- Typical mass of a globular cluster
- 1039 kg
- 1040 kg
- 1041 kg
- Visible mass of the Milky Way galaxy = 3.6 × 1041 kg
- 1042 kg
- Total mass of the Milky Way galaxy = 2 × 1042 kg
- 1052 kg
- Mass of a critical density Universe = 2×1052 kg
- Mass of the observable universe = 3 × 1052 kg
See also SI, SI prefixes, SI base units, units, mass, orders of magnitude, conversion of units