Orders of magnitude (angular velocity)

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To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various angular velocity levels between 1×10⁻¹⁶ rad·s⁻¹ and 1×10⁷ rad·s⁻¹.

List of orders of magnitude for angular velocity

Factor	Value (rad·s−1)	Value (rpm)	Item
10−16	8.85×10−16 to 7.96×10−16[1]	8.45×10−15 to 7.60×10−15	Galactic period of the Sun
10−7	1.991×10−7	1.901×10−6	Orbit of the Earth around the Sun
10−6
10−5	7.27×10−5	6.94×10−4	Sidereal of the Earth
10−4	1.75×10−4	1.68×10−3	Sidereal of Jupiter
10−3	3.5×10−3	0.03333	The London Eye
	1.75×10−3	0.01667	Minute hand on an analogue watch
10−2
10−1	0.1	1	Second hand on an analogue watch.
1	3.49	33⅓	LP record
10	47.1	450	Rotor blades of a helicopter in flight
	94	900	Spin cycle of a typical washing machine
102	105	1000	M61 Vulcan cannon
	723	6900	1x DVD
	52 to 524	500 to 5000	Automobile engine
	754	7200	Hard disk
103	1.01×103	9647	Pulsar PSR B1257+12
	2.88×103	27 500	52x CD[2]
	4.5×103	42 980	Pulsar PSR J1748-2446ad (fastest known)[3]
104	1.36×104	130 000	Analytical ultracentrifuge[4]
	8.4×104	800,000	Ultrasonic dentist's drill
105	2.1×105	2 000 000	Microfabricated gas turbine[5]
106	2.1×106	20 000 000	Human induced rotational speed record: steel ball 0.8 mm diameter, (Jesse Beams, 1946 [6])
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[edit] See also

• Radians per second
• Revolutions per minute

[edit] External links

• UnitConverterPro.com online angular velocity conversion

[edit] References