Orders of magnitude
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List of orders of magnitude for mass

Decade of Mass	Mass using SI prefixes	Mass of Item	Item
10-35 kg		7 eV/c² = 1.2 × 10-35 kg	upper limit of the rest mass of an electron neutrino
10-34 kg
10-33 kg
10-32 kg
10-31 kg		510.99906(15) 1 keV/c² = 9.1093897(54) × 10-31 kg	rest mass of an electron
10-30 kg
10-29 kg
10-28 kg		105.658389(34) MeV/c² = 1.8835327(11) × 10-28 kg	rest mass of a muon
10-27 kg	1 yoctogram (yg)	≈ 1.6605402 yg	1 atomic mass unit (amu) or Dalton (Da) ≈ mass of a hydrogen atom
		938 MeV/c² = 1.6726231 × 10-27 kg	mass of a proton - a neutron is the same mass to 3 places (mass of neutron > mass of proton)
10-26 kg	10 yg	≈ 30 yg	mass of a water molecule
		6.941 amu	atomic mass of lithium
		47.867 amu	atomic mass of titanium
10-25 kg	100 yg	107.8682 amu	atomic mass of silver
		[259] amu	atomic mass of nobelium
10-24 kg	1 zeptogram (zg)	1.6605402 zg	= 1 kilodalton (kDa)
10-23 kg	10 zg
10-22 kg	100 zg
10-21 kg	1 attogram (ag)
10-20 kg	10 ag	10 ag	mass of a small virus
10-19 kg	100 ag
10-18 kg	1 femtogram (fg)
10-17 kg	10 fg	1.1 × 10-17 kg	mass equivalence of one Joule
		4.6 × 10-17 kg	increase in mass by heating 1 g of water by 1 °C
10-16 kg	100 fg	6.65×10-16 kg (665 fg)	E. coli bacterium
10-15 kg	1 picogram (pg)
10-14 kg	10 pg
10-13 kg	100 pg
10-12 kg	1 nanogram (ng)
10-11 kg	10 ng	80 ng	Lethal dose of Botulinum toxin is about 1 ng/kg, the deadliest substance known, so an 80 ng dose would kill most people.
10-10 kg	100 ng
10-9 kg	1 microgram (μg)	2 μg	Uncertainty in the mass of the prototype kilogram
10-8 kg	10 μg	2.2 × 10-8 kg	the Planck mass
		4.6 × 10-8 kg	increase in mass by heating 1 ton of water by 100 °C
10-7 kg	100 μg	100μg	average dose of a "hit" of LSD
		200 μg	average lethal dose of ricin
10-6 kg	1 milligram (mg)	≈ 0.3–13 mg	mass of a grain of sand
		1–2 mg	typical mass of a mosquito
10-5 kg	10 mg	10–30 mg	Dose of DXM per labeling on most products
			Caffeine in most non-coffee drinks is in the bottom half of this range.
10-4 kg	100 mg		Caffeine in a cup of coffee is in this range.
		0.2 g	1 metric carat
		100–200 mg	Maximum legal caffeine pill in United States
		0.3 g	average hallucinogenic dose for mescaline
10-3 kg	1 gram (g)	1 g	1 millilitre of water at 4°C
		~2.3 g, ~7 g	United States dime: ~2.3 g, quarter: ~7 g, other common coins intermediate
10-2 kg	10 g	10 g	approximate lethal dose of caffeine for an adult
		17 g	approximate weight of a mouse
		24 g	amount of ethanol in one drink
		28.35 g	1 ounce (avoirdupois) &asymp
10-1 kg	100 g	150 g	average weight of an adult human kidney
		≈ 454 g	1 pound (avoirdupois)
1 kg	1 kg	1 kg	1 litre of water at 4°C
		2–6 kg, 3 typical	a newborn baby
		4.0 kg	women's shotput
		5–7 kg	a typical housecat
		5–9 kg	a pizote
		7.3 kg	men's shotput
101 kg	10 kg	10–30 kg	a CRT computer monitor
		15–20 kg	a medium-sized dog
		70 kg	an adult human
102 kg	100 kg	100 kg	quintal (mainly U.S. - other countries have different definitions)
		250 kg	approximate mass of a lion
		700 kg	approximate mass of a dairy cow
		910 kg	1 short ton (U.S.)
103 kg	1 tonne (t) (1 megagram (Mg))	1000 kg	1 cubic metre of liquid water at 4°C
		1,016.047 kg	1 ton (British) / 1 long ton (U.S.)
		0.8–1.6 t	typical passenger automobiles
		3–7 t	adult elephant
104 kg	10 t	11 t	Hubble Space Telescope
		12 t	largest elephant on record
		14 t	bell of Big Ben
		78.7 t	Concorde (empty)
			the large dinosaurs go here somewhere
105 kg	100 t	100 t on average	mass of largest animal, the blue whale
		185 t	Concorde maximum take-off mass
106 kg	1000 t (1 gigagram (Gg))	1.5 × 106 kg	mass of each gate of the Thames Barrier
		2.041 × 106 kg	launch mass of the Space Shuttle
107 kg		1.1 × 107 kg	estimated annual production of Darjeeling tea
		2.6 × 107 kg	mass of the Titanic
108 kg		6.5 × 108 kg	mass of largest ship, Knock Nevis, when fully loaded
109 kg	(1 teragram (Tg))	about 6 × 109 kg	mass of Great Pyramid of Giza
1010 kg		6 × 1010 kg	mass of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure
1011 kg		2 × 1011 kg	Mass of water stored in London storage reservoirs
		at least 2 × 1011 kg	Total mass of the world's humans
		1–8 × 1011 kg	Estimated total mass of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, thought to be the most plentiful creature on the planet
1012 kg	(1 petagram (Pg))	3.91 × 1012 kg	World oil production in 2001
1013 kg
1014 kg		2–3 × 1014 kg	Estimated mass of rock exploded in eruption of Mount Tambora volcano in 1815
1015 kg	(1 exagram (Eg))
1016 kg
1017 kg		1.23 × 1017 kg	Mass of a typical asteroid
1018 kg	(1 zettagram (Zg))	5 × 1018 kg	Mass of Earth's atmosphere
1019 kg
1020 kg		8.7 × 1020 kg	Mass of 1 Ceres
1021 kg	(1 yottagram (Yg))	1.35×1021 kg	Total mass of Earth's oceans
		1.6×1021 kg	Mass of Charon
		2.3×1021 kg	Total mass of the Asteroid Belt
1022 kg		1.2 × 1022 kg	Mass of Pluto
		7.349 × 1022 kg	Mass of Moon
1023 kg		1.2×1023 kg	Mass of Titan
		1.5×1023 kg	Mass of Triton
		1.5×1023 kg	Mass of Ganymede
		3.2×1023 kg	Mass of Mercury
		6.4×1023 kg	Mass of Mars
1024 kg		4.9 × 1024 kg	Mass of Venus
		6.0×1024 kg	Mass of Earth
1025 kg		8.7 × 1025 kg	Mass of Uranus
1026 kg		1.0 × 1026 kg	Mass of Neptune
		5.7 × 1026 kg	Mass of Saturn
1027 kg		1.9 × 1027 kg	Mass of Jupiter
1028 kg
1029 kg
1030 kg		2 × 1030 kg	Mass of the Sun
		approx. 3 × 1030 kg	Chandrasekhar limit
1031 kg		4 × 1031 kg	Mass of Betelgeuse
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		3.6 × 1041 kg	Visible mass of the Milky Way galaxy
1042 kg		2 × 1042 kg	Total mass of the Milky Way galaxy
1052 kg		2×1052 kg	Mass of a critical density Universe
		3 × 1052 kg	Mass of the observable universe

See also

• SI
• SI prefix
• SI base unit
• Physical unit
• Mass
• Orders of magnitude
• Conversion of units

• orders of magnitude (length)
• orders of magnitude (area)
• orders of magnitude (volume)
• orders of magnitude (time)
• List of energies in joules

• Planck units
• Wikipedia:size comparisons

External links

• Conversions: English and American weight units to metric units
• Weight and mass conversion, weight of water, liters, volume units and capacity measures