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To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various mass levels between 10„36“kg and 1053-kg.
10-25 kg or less
| Factor (kg) |
Value |
Item |
| 10-36 |
1.783×10„36“kg |
One eV/c², the mass equivalent of one electronvolt of energy. |
| 3.6×10„36“kg |
Electron neutrino, upper limit on mass (2-eV/c²) |
| 10-35 |
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| 10-34 |
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| 10-33 |
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| 10-32 |
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| 10-31 |
9.11×10„31“kg |
Electron (511-keV/c²), the lightest elementary particle with a measured nonzero rest mass. |
| 10-30 |
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| 10-29 |
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| 10-28 |
1.9×10„28“kg |
Muon (106-MeV/c²) |
10-27
yoctogram (yg) |
1.661×10„27“kg |
Atomic mass unit (u) or dalton (Da) |
| 1.673×10„27“kg |
Proton (938.3-MeV/c²) |
| 1.674×10„27“kg |
Hydrogen atom, the lightest atom |
| 1.675×10„27“kg |
Neutron (939.6-MeV/c²) |
| 10-26 |
1.15×10„26“kg |
Lithium atom (6.941-u) |
| 2.99×10„26“kg |
Water molecule (18.015-u) |
| 7.95×10„26“kg |
Titanium atom (47.867-u) |
| 10-25 |
1.79×10„25“kg |
Silver atom (107.8682-u) |
| 1.6×10„25“kg |
Z boson (91.2-GeV/c²) |
| 3.1×10„25“kg |
Top quark (173-GeV/c²), the heaviest known elementary particle |
| 3.2×10„25“kg |
Caffeine molecule (194-u) |
| 3.45×10„25“kg |
Lead-208 atom, the heaviest stable isotope known |
10-25 to 10-19 kg
10-18 to 10-13 kg
10-12 to 10-7 kg
| Factor (kg) |
Value |
Item |
10-12
nanogram (ng) |
10„12“kg |
Average human cell (1 nanogram) |
| 10-11 |
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| 10-10 |
3.5×10„10“kg |
Small grain of sand (0.063 mm diameter, 350 nanograms) |
10-9
microgram (µg) |
2×10„9“kg |
Mass of human ovum, uncertainty in the mass of the prototype kilogram (2 micrograms) |
| 10-8 |
2.2×10„8“kg |
Planck mass |
| 10-7 |
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10-6 to one kg
one kg to 105 kg
106 to 1011 kg
| Factor (kg) |
Value |
Item |
106
gigagram (Gg) |
1.25×106-kg |
Trunk of the Giant Sequoia tree named General Sherman (1250 tonnes) |
| 1.5×106-kg |
Individual gate of the Thames Barrier |
| 2.041×106-kg |
Launch mass of the Space Shuttle (2041 tonnes) |
| 6×106-kg |
Largest clonal colony, the quaking aspen named Pando (6000 tonnes) |
| 107 |
1.1×107-kg |
Annual production of Darjeeling tea (11,000 tonnes) |
| 2.6×107-kg |
RMS Titanic (26,000 tonnes) |
| 9.97×107-kg |
Heaviest train ever (99,700 tonnes): Australia's BHP Iron Ore, 2001 record |
| 108 |
6.5×108-kg |
Largest ship, Knock Nevis, when fully loaded (650,000 tonnes) |
109
teragram (Tg) |
4.3×109-kg |
Amount of matter converted into energy by the Sun each second |
| 6×109-kg |
Great Pyramid of Giza |
|
1010
|
6×1010-kg |
Amount of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure |
| 1011 |
2×1011-kg |
Amount of water stored in London storage reservoirs (0.2 km³) |
| 3×1011-kg |
Total mass of the human world population |
| 5×1011-kg |
Total biomass of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, thought to be the most plentiful creature on the planet |
1012 to 1017 kg
| Factor (kg) |
Value |
Item |
1012
petagram (Pg) |
3.91×1012-kg |
World oil production in 2001 |
| 5.5×1012-kg |
A teaspoon (5 ml) of neutron star material (5000 million tonne) |
| ~1×1012-kg |
The mass of a primordial black hole with an evaporation time equal to the age of the universe |
| 1013 |
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| 1014 |
2„3×1014“kg |
Amount of rock that exploded in the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in 1815 |
1015
exagram (Eg) |
1×1015-kg |
Estimated total world coal reserves economically accessible using current mining technology |
| 1016 |
1×1016-kg |
951 Gaspra, the first asteroid ever to be closely approached by a spacecraft |
| 1017 |
1.6×1017-kg |
Prometheus (moon), a shepherd satellite for the inner edge of Saturn's F Ring. |
1018 to 1023 kg
1024 to 1029 kg
1030 to 1035 kg
1036 to 1041 kg
1042 kg and greater
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