Sunday, January 30, 2011

That's Small !

Click here for laughs ( the Cigar Guy)
Human Hair (18 to 180 µm)

  • 1.6 × 10−35 metres = the Planck length (lengths smaller than this do not make any physical sense, according to current theories of physics)
  • ...........11 orders of magnitude larger


        Click here for an orders of ten magnitude interactive visualization from the galactic to the quark.

        In words
        (long scale)
        In words
        (short scale)
        Prefix Symbol Decimal Power
        of ten
        Order of
        magnitude
        quadrillionth septillionth yocto- y 0.000000000000000000000001 10−24 −24
        trilliardth sextillionth zepto- z 0.000000000000000000001 10−21 −21
        trillionth quintillionth atto- a 0.000000000000000001 10−18 −18
        billiardth quadrillionth femto- f 0.000000000000001 10−15 −15
        billionth trillionth pico- p 0.000000000001 10−12 −12
        milliardth billionth nano- n 0.000000001 10−9 −9
        millionth millionth micro- µ 0.000001 10−6 −6
        thousandth thousandth milli- m 0.001 10−3 −3
        hundredth hundredth centi- c 0.01 10−2 −2
        tenth tenth deci- d 0.1 10−1 −1
        one one - - 1 100 0
        ten ten deca- da 10 101 1
        hundred hundred hecto- h 100 102 2
        thousand thousand kilo- k 1,000 103 3
        million million mega- M 1,000,000 106 6
        milliard billion giga- G 1,000,000,000 109 9
        billion trillion tera- T 1,000,000,000,000 1012 12
        billiard quadrillion peta- P 1,000,000,000,000,000 1015 15
        trillion quintillion exa- E 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 1018 18
        trilliard sextillion zetta- Z 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 1021 21
        quadrillion septillion yotta- Y 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 1024 24
          King Tut's death mask is safe and sound. Looks good, too.

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