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)
| 1 ng
| mass of a human cell
|
| 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 mass 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 mass 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
|
|
| the large dinosaurs go here somewhere
|
| 105 kg
| 100 t
| 100 t on average
| mass of largest animal, the blue whale
|
| 187 t
| International Space Station
|
| 600 t
| Antonov An-225 (the world's heaviest aircraft) 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
| Titanic
|
| 9.97 × 107 kg
| heaviest train: Australia's BHP Iron Ore, 2001 record
|
| 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
|