Order of magnitude (mass)

This is a compilation of masses of various orders of magnitude for comparison purposes. The information is often to be understood as “typical values”; the converted values are rounded.

The basic unit of mass in the international system of units is 1 kilogram ( unit symbol kg), the formula symbol m .

Masses less than 1 µg (<10 ⁻⁹ kg = 1 microgram)

1.78 x 10 ^-36 kg - Mass of increase of a body whose internal energy of 1 eV increases
<4 · 10 ⁻³⁶ kg - mass of an electron neutrino
9.11 · 10 ⁻³¹ kg - mass of an electron
2.67–5.88 · 10 ⁻³⁰ kg - mass of a down quark
6.24-10.7 · 10 ^-30 kg - mass of an up quark
1.88 · 10 ⁻²⁸ kg - mass of a muon
1.67 · 10 ⁻²⁷ kg - mass of a proton
3.17 · 10 ⁻²⁷ kg - mass of a τ lepton
2.25 · 10 ⁻²⁵ kg - mass of a Higgs boson
3.01-3.08 · 10 ⁻²⁵ kg - mass of a top quark
3.27 · 10 ⁻²⁵ kg - mass of a gold atom
6.97 x 10 ^-23 kg - Mass of the protein - the molecule actin
approx. 5 · 10 ⁻²¹ kg - mass of the protein molecule titin
approx. 6 · 10 ⁻¹⁹ kg - mass of an influenza virus
approx. ^10-15 kg - mass of a bacterium
<10 ⁻¹⁴ kg - mass of a fine dust particle
approx. 2 · 10 ⁻¹² kg - lethal dose of the most toxic substance known - botulinum toxin ( LD50 = 3 ng / 100 kg iv)
approx. ^10-11 kg - birch - pollen grain

1 µg to 1 mg (10 ⁻⁹ kg to 10 ⁻⁶ kg)

4 µg - human egg cell
approx. 21 µg - Planck mass
50–200 µg - daily requirement of an adult for the trace element selenium
approx. 200 µg - grain of sand (0.5 mm diameter)
100–1000 µg - nicotine dose in a cigarette

1 mg to 1 g (10 ⁻⁶ kg to 10 ⁻³ kg)

4–10 mg tar dose in a “light” cigarette
approx. 10 mg - mass of a wood ant
10–16 mg - tar dose in a normal cigarette
30 mg - peppercorn
35–70 mg - lethal dose of nicotine for a body mass of 70 kg
64.79891 mg = 1 grain = 1/7000 pound
approx. 80 mg - mass of a housefly
200 mg = 1 metric carat

1 g to 1 kg (10 ⁻³ kg to 10 ⁰ kg)

2 g - mass of the pig-nosed bat (smallest mammal)
2 g - mass of the bee elf (smallest bird)
3 g - mass of a standard sugar cube
15–16 g - typical mass of a CD (12 cm diameter) without a case
28.349523125 g = 1 ounce
31.1034768 g = 1 troy ounce
62 g - mass of a Galápagos giant tortoise when hatching
50–80 g - one chicken egg
100 g - a (typical) bar of chocolate
110 g - mass of the Goliath beetle (heaviest insect)
453.59237 g = 1 pound sterling
500 g = 1 metric inch pound

1 kg to 1000 kg (1 t) (10 ⁰ kg to 10 ³ kg)

approx. 1300 g - the average mass of an adult human brain
approx. 3250 g - average mass of a newborn baby
4000 g - bullet, shot put women
6350.29318 g = 1 stone = 14 pounds
7257 g - bullet, male shot put (16 pounds)
19.958 kg - 44 pound curling stone
approx. 29 kg - mass of a standard pavement slab (50 cm x 50 cm x 5 cm) made of concrete
approx. 50 kg - large bag of cement
50 kg = 1 quintals
100 kg = 1 Dawulla , Ethiopia
approx. 250 kg - adult lion
approx. 700 kg - typical dairy cow
907.18474 kg = 1 American ton = 2000 pounds

1 t to 1000 t (10 ³ kg to 10 ⁶ kg)

1000 kg = 1 metric ton
1016.0469088 kg = 1 British ton = 160 stones = 2240 pounds
1095 kg - empty weight of a Mercedes A140
3–7 t - fully grown elephant
11 t - Hubble Space Telescope
12 t - largest known elephant
14 t - the Big Ben bell

40 t - typical fully loaded truck trailer

62 t - German main battle tank Leopard 2 A6M (combat weight)

78.7 t - the empty weight of the Concorde

79.5 t - diesel locomotive of the Deutsche Bahn DB class 218

approx. 100 t - average blue whale

181 t - empty weight of the jumbo jet ( Boeing 747-400 )

185 t - maximum take-off weight of the Concorde

240 t - Zeppelin - airships LZ129 "Hindenburg" and LZ130 "Graf Zeppelin II"

397 t - maximum take-off mass of the jumbo jet ( Boeing 747-400 )

600 t - mass of the currently largest known living being - a mushroom of the genus Hallimasche

777 t - maximum launch mass of the European Ariane 5E rocket

1,000 t to 1,000,000 t (10 ⁶ kg to 10 ⁹ kg)

2,900 t - launch mass of the Saturn V , the launch rocket of the Apollo moon missions (2550 t of which is fuel)
5,600 t - a modern ship of the German Navy "Frigatte Sachsen (F 219) "
7,300 t - weight of the steel structure of the Eiffel Tower
approx.10,100 t - total mass of the Eiffel Tower
53,147 t - displacement of the RMS Titanic , the largest ship in 1912
89,600 t - displacement of the aircraft carrier Enterprise
100,000 t - mass of the Golden Gate Bridge
564,736 t - the largest ship in the world, the years Viking oil tanker (fully loaded)
approx. 1,000,000 t - mass that the sun loses per second due to the solar wind

10 ⁹ kg to 10 ¹⁵ kg

4,260,000 t (4.26 · 10 ⁹ kg) - mass that the sun loses every second through nuclear fusion
400,000,000 t (4 · 10 ¹¹ kg) - worldwide paper production per year
2,800,000,000 t (2.8 · 10 ¹² kg) - worldwide amount of mined iron ore in 2011
3,000,000,000,000 t (3 · 10 ¹⁵ kg) - mass of CO ₂ in the earth's atmosphere

10 ¹⁵ kg to 10 ²⁴ kg

5.15 · 10 ¹⁸ kg - mass of the earth's atmosphere
1.38 · 10 ²¹ kg - mass of water in all oceans
7.348 · 10 ²² kg = 1 moon mass
6.419 · 10 ²³ kg = 1 Martian mass

Larger mass than 10 ²⁴ kg

5.9736 · 10 ²⁴ kg = 1 earth mass
1.8986 · 10 ²⁷ kg = 1 mass of Jupiter
1.9891 · 10 ³⁰ kg = 1 solar mass
3.6 · 10 ⁴¹ kg - mass of the Milky Way
9 · 10 ⁴³ kg - mass of the Virgo galaxy cluster
2 · 10 ⁴⁶ kg - mass of the large attractor
approx. 10 ⁵³ kg - mass of the observable universe

Order of magnitude (mass)

Masses less than 1 µg (<10 −9 kg = 1 microgram)

1 µg to 1 mg (10 −9 kg to 10 −6 kg)

1 mg to 1 g (10 −6 kg to 10 −3 kg)

1 g to 1 kg (10 −3 kg to 10 0 kg)

1 kg to 1000 kg (1 t) (10 0 kg to 10 3 kg)

1 t to 1000 t (10 3 kg to 10 6 kg)

1,000 t to 1,000,000 t (10 6 kg to 10 9 kg)

10 9 kg to 10 15 kg

10 15 kg to 10 24 kg

Larger mass than 10 24 kg