IB Physics Orders of Magnitude

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Distance to edge of observable universe

10²⁶m

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2

Distance to Andromeda Galaxy

10²²m

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3

Diameter of Milky Way

10²¹m

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4

Distance to nearest star

10¹⁶m

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5

Diameter of Solar System

10¹³m

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6

Distance to Sun

10¹¹m

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7

Radius of Earth

10⁷m

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8

Size of a cell

10⁻⁵m

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9

Size of a hydrogen atom

10⁻¹⁰m

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10

Size of a nucleus

10⁻¹⁵m

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11

Size of a proton

10⁻¹⁷m

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12

Plank length

10⁻³⁵m

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13

Mass of Universe

10⁵³kg

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14

Mass of Milky Way Galaxy

10⁴¹kg

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15

Mass of Sun

10³⁰kg

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16

Mass of Earth

10²⁴kg

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17

Mass of empty Boeing 747

10⁵kg

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18

Mass of an apple

10⁻¹kg

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19

Mass of a raindrop

10⁻⁶kg

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20

Mass of a bacterium

10⁻¹⁵kg

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21

Mass of smallest virus

10⁻²¹kg

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22

Mass of Hydrogen atom

10⁻²⁷kg

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23

Mass of an electron

10⁻³⁰kg

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24

Age of Universe

10¹⁷s

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25

Time of travel of light to nearest star

10⁸s

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26

One year

10⁷s

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27

One day

10⁵s

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28

Period of heartbeat

1s

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29

Period of red light

10⁻¹⁷s

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30

Time of passage of light across a nucleus

10⁻²⁴s

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