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
- mass of a water molecule ≈ 30 yg
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
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)
10 μg
100 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
10^-3 kg = 1 gram (g)
- 1 millilitre of water has a mass of about 1g
10 g
- 1 ounce (avoirdupois) ≈ 28.35 g
100 g
- 1 pound (avoirdupois) ≈ 454 g
1 kg
10 kg
- mass of average human: 70 kg
100 kg
10³ kg = 1 metric ton (t)
10 t
100 t
- mass of largest animal, the blue whale: 100 t on average
10⁶ kg
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
10¹¹ kg
10¹² kg
10¹³ kg
10¹⁴ kg
10¹⁵ kg
10¹⁶ kg
10¹⁷ kg
10¹⁸ kg
10¹⁹ kg
10²⁰ kg
10²¹ kg
10²² kg
- Mass of Moon = 7 × 10²² kg
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
- Mass of Jupiter = 1.9 × 10²⁷ kg
10²⁸ kg
10²⁹ kg
10³⁰ kg
- Mass of the Sun = 2 × 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
- Mass of the Milky Way galaxy = 2 × 10⁴² kg
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

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