Orders of magnitude (area)
This page is a progressive and labeled list of the SI area orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.
List of orders of magnitude for areas 108 to 1014 square metres.
Factor (m2) |
Multiple |
Value |
Item |
108 |
|
105 km2 |
Paris (inner city only)[47] |
~120 km2 |
Walt Disney World[48] |
272 km2 |
Taipei City[49] |
630 km2 |
Toronto[50] |
109 |
|
1100 km2 |
Hong Kong[51] |
1290 km2 |
Los Angeles, California, USA (city)[52] |
1800 km2 |
Surface area of a typical neutron star |
1962 km2 |
Jacksonville, Florida; largest city in the Continental US |
2188 km2 |
Tokyo[53] |
5700 km2 |
Bali |
8028 km2 |
Community of Madrid, Spain |
1010 |
|
11,000 km2 |
Jamaica[54] |
68,870 km2 |
Lake Victoria[55] |
84,000 km2 |
Austria[56] |
1011 |
|
100,000 km2 |
Iceland[57] |
167,996 km2 |
Jiuquan in China; (largest city in the world) |
300,000 km2 |
Italy[58] |
510,000 km2 |
Spain[59] |
780,000 km2 |
Turkey[60] |
1012 |
1 square megametre (Mm2) |
1.0 Mm2 |
Egypt (country ranked 29th by area)[61] |
3.10 Mm2 |
Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia (largest subnational governing body) |
7.74 Mm2 |
Australia (country ranked 6th by area)[62] |
9 Mm2 |
Largest extent of the Roman Empire |
1013 |
|
10 Mm2 |
Canada (including water)[63] |
14 Mm2 |
Antarctica[64] |
14 Mm2 |
Arable land worldwide[65] |
17 Mm2 |
Russia (country ranked 1st by area)[66] |
30 Mm2 |
Africa[67] |
36 Mm2 |
Largest extent of the British Empire |
38 Mm2 |
Surface area of the Moon[68] |
77 Mm2 |
Atlantic Ocean[69] |
1014 |
|
144 Mm2 |
Surface area of Mars[70] |
150 Mm2 |
Land area of Earth[71] |
156 Mm2 |
Pacific Ocean[72] |
360 Mm2 |
Water area of Earth[71] |
510 Mm2 |
Total surface area of Earth[71] |
List of orders of magnitude for areas 1015 to 1026 square metres.
Factor (m2) |
Multiple |
Value |
Item |
1015 |
|
1x1015 m2 |
Surface area of the white dwarf, Van Maanen's star |
7.6x1015 m2 |
Neptune[73] |
1016 |
|
4.3x1016 m2 |
Saturn[74] |
6.1x1016 m2 |
Jupiter[75] |
1017 |
|
2-6x1017 m2 |
Surface area of the Brown Dwarf star CT Chamaeleontis. |
4.6×1017 m2 |
Area swept by the Moon's orbit of Earth |
1018 |
1 square gigametre (Gm2) |
6.1×1018 m2 |
Surface area of the Sun[76] |
1019 |
|
3.0x1019 m2 |
Surface area of the star Vega |
1020 |
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1021 |
|
1.5×1021 m2 |
Surface area of the star Albireo A |
1022 |
|
1.1×1022 m2 |
Area swept by Mercury's orbit around the Sun |
3.7×1022 m2 |
Area swept by Venus' orbit around the Sun |
7.1×1022 m2 |
Area swept by Earth's orbit around the Sun |
1023 |
|
1.6×1023 m2 |
Area swept by Mars' orbit around the Sun |
2.81×1023 m2 |
Surface area of a Dyson sphere with a radius of 1 AU |
1024 |
1 square terametre (Tm2) |
1.9×1024 m2 |
Area swept by Jupiter's orbit around the Sun |
6.4×1024 m2 |
Area swept by Saturn's orbit around the Sun |
8.5×1024 m2 |
Surface area of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse |
1025 |
|
2.4×1025 m2 |
Surface area of the largest known star, the Hypergiant VY Canis Majoris |
2.6×1025 m2 |
Area swept by Uranus' orbit around the Sun |
6.4×1025 m2 |
Area swept by Neptune's orbit around the Sun |
1026 |
|
1.1×1026 m2 |
Area swept by Pluto's orbit around the Sun |
List of orders of magnitude for areas 1027 square metres and larger.
Factor (m2) |
Value |
Item |
... |
1032 |
2×1032 m2 |
Roughly the surface area of an Oort Cloud |
3×1032 m2 |
Roughly the surface area of a Bok globule |
... |
1034 |
3×1034 m2 |
Roughly the surface area of The Bubble |
... |
1041 |
7×1041 m2 |
Roughly the area of Milky Way's galactic disk |
References
- ^ Calculated: square of the Planck length = (1.62e-35 m)^2 = 2.6e-70 m^2
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- ^ Marcelli, Gianluca; Parker, Kim H.; Winlove, C. Peter (2005). "Thermal Fluctuations of Red Blood Cell Membrane via a Constant-Area Particle-Dynamics Model". Biophysical Journal 89 (4): 2473–2480. doi:10.1529/biophysj.104.056168. http://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(05)72888-5. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ Calculated: Smallest and largest common pitches were 77 micrometers and 337 micrometers. (77e-6 m)^2 ~= 6e-9 m^2. (337e-6 m)^2 ~= 114e-9 m^2 ~= 110e-9 m^2
- ^ Calculated: (300 dots per inch / 2.54e-2 m/inch)^(-2) = 7.2e-9 m^2
- ^ "Hair Fiber Composition". http://www.keratin.com/aa/aa012.shtml#04. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ Calculated: 100 um in diameter => pi * ((1e-4 m)/2)**2 = 7.9e-9 m^2
- ^ Calculated: pi * (0.5mm/2)^2 = 2.0e-7 m^2 and pi * (0.7mm/2)^2 = 3.8e-7 m^2)
- ^ "Part XIII: Facts and Figures concerning the human retina". Webvision. University of Utah. http://webvision.med.utah.edu/book/part-xiii-cellular-remodeling-in-mammalian-retina-induced-by-retinal-detachment/. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ Calculated: ((6e-3 m)/2)**2 * pi = 2.8e-5 m^2 and ((8e-3 m)/2)**2 * pi = 5.0e-5 m^2
- ^ "Coin specifications". United States Mint. http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?action=coin_specifications. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ^ Calculated: area = pi * diameter^2 / 4 = 3.14 * (19.05e-3 m)^2 = 2.850e-4 m^2
- ^ Taylor, Enid; Jennings, Alan (1971). "Calculation of total retinal area". Brit. J. Ophthal. 55 (4): 262. PMC 1208280. PMID 5572268. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1208280. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ "Credit Card Dimensions". http://www.dimensionsguide.com/credit-card-dimensions/. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ Calculated: 3 inches * 5 inches * (2.54e-2 m/inch)^2 = 9.7e-3 m^2 ~= 0.01 m^2
- ^ Calculated: 1 foot * 1 foot * (0.3048 meters / foot)^2 = 0.093 m^2
- ^ "Rules of the Game". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/rules/rules.html. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ Calculated: 29.5-29.75 inch circumference * 2.54 cm / in = 23.85-24.05 cm diameter => radius = 0.119-0.120 m => Area = 4 * pi * (0.119 m)^2 = 0.18 m^2
- ^ Sacco, Joseph J.; Botten, Joanne; Macbeth, Fergus; Bagust, Adrian; Clark, Peter (2010). "The Average Body Surface Area of Adult Cancer Patients in the UK: A Multicentre Retrospective Study". PLoS ONE 5 (1): e8933. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008933. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008933. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ Notter, Robert H. (2000). Lung surfactants: basic science and clinical applications. New York, N.Y: Marcel Dekker. pp. 120. ISBN 0-8247-0401-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=pAuiWvNHwZcC&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=70#v=onepage&q=70&f=false. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ "Section 1.1" (PDF). Official Volleyball Rules 2011-2012. FIVB. 2010. http://www.fivb.org/EN/Refereeing-Rules/Documents/FIVB.2011-2012.VB.RulesOfTheGame.Eng.TextfileOnly.2.1.1.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-27. "The playing court is a rectangle measuring 18 x 9 m, surrounded by a free zone which is a minimum of 3 m wide on all sides."
- ^ "Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New Single-Family Houses Completed by Location" (PDF). US Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/const/C25Ann/sftotalmedavgsqft.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "Area of a Tennis Court". The Physics Factbook. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2009/AmyHuang.shtml. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ Calculated: 50 m * 25 m = 1250 m^2
- ^ "General Tables of Units of Measuremen". NIST. http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/upload/h4402_appenc.pdf. Retrieved 28 October 2011. ""4046.87""
- ^ "What are the Dimensions of a Football Field". Dimensions Guide. http://www.dimensionsguide.com/what-are-the-dimensions-of-a-football-field/. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
- ^ Calculated: 360 feet * 160 feet * (0.3048 m/ft)^2 = 5351 m^2 ~= 5400 m^2
- ^ "How Big Is An Olympic Soccer Field?". LIVESTRONG.COM. http://www.livestrong.com/article/406257-how-big-is-an-olympic-soccer-field/. Retrieved 4 January 2012. "For the Olympics, fields are supposed to measure exactly 105 meters long and 68 meters wide"
- ^ Calculated: 105 m * 68 m = 7140 m^2
- ^ "City blocks differ in size". http://www.land4ever.com/block.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "General Tables of Units of Measuremen". NIST. http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/upload/h4402_appenc.pdf. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ Greenberg, Ralph. "THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA (Some Elegant Numerical Relationships)". http://www.math.washington.edu/~greenber/GizaPyramid.html. Retrieved 4 January 2012. "average length of the four sides is 230.364 meters"
- ^ Calculated: 230.364 m^2 ~= 53068 m^2
- ^ "Holy See (Vatican City)". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vt.html. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ^ "The Pentagon - George Bergstrom". Great Buildings Online. http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Pentagon.html. Retrieved 28 October 2011. "Floor area of 6.5 million square feet, 34 acres, 13.8 hectares, of which 3.7 million square feet are used for offices."
- ^ "Monaco". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mn.html. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ Calculated: 1 mile * 1 mile * (1.61 km / mile)^2 = 2.59 km^2
- ^ "Jurisdictions: London". The International Finance Centre Portal. http://www.internationalfinancecentres.com/jurisdictions/view/41. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "New York -- Place and County Subdivision: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density 2000". Census 2000 Summary File 1. US Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US36&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1-R&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=PEP_2006_EST_GCTT1_ST2&-format=ST-7S&-_sse=on. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ^ "San Marino". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sm.html. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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- ^ "Walt Disney World Resort". Disney By The Numb3rs. http://disneybythenumbers.com/wdw/wdw.html. Retrieved 28 October 2011. "30,500 acres"
- ^ "Appendix II Statistics". Taipei Yearbook 2010. http://tcgwww.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=6499588&ctNode=45847&mp=100089. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Population and Dwelling Counts". 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?PR=35&T=2&SR=1&S=3&O=D. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Hong Kong". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "California by Place: Los Angeles city". US Census. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?-geo_id=04000US06&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_ST7&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U. Retrieved 28 October 2011. "498.29 square miles"
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- ^ "Jamaica". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Lake Profile: Victoria". World Lakes. LakeNet. http://www.worldlakes.org/lakedetails.asp?lakeid=8361. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Austria". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/au.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Iceland". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ic.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Italy". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Spain". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Turkey". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Egypt". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Australia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ^ "Canada". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Antarctica". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ay.html. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
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- ^ "Russia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Map of Africa". Worldatlas.com. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/af.htm. Retrieved 4 January 2012. "30,065,000 sq km"
- ^ "Earth's Moon: Facts & Figures". Solar System Exploration. NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon&Display=Facts. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
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- ^ "Mars: Facts & Figures". Solar System Exploration. NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Facts. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
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- ^ "Saturn: Facts & Figures". Solar System Exploration. NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=Facts. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Jupiter: Facts & Figures". Solar System Exploration. NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Facts. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
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1 E−30 m2 = 1 fm2 |
1 E−24 m2 = 1 pm2 |
1 E−18 m2 = 1 nm2 |
1 E−12 m2 = 1 µm2 |
1 E−6 m2 = 1 mm2 |
1 E0 m2 = 1 m2 |
1 E+6 m2 = 1 km2 |
1 E+12 m2 = 1 Mm2 |
1 E+18-24 m2 : 1 Gm2 |
10 fm2 |
10 pm2 |
10 nm2 |
10 µm2 |
10 mm2 |
10 m2 |
10 km2 |
10 Mm2 |
> 1 E+24 m2 : 1 Tm2 |
100 fm2 |
100 pm2 |
100 nm2 |
100 µm2 |
100 mm2 = 1 cm2 |
100 m2 = 1 a |
100 km2 |
100 Mm2 |
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1,000 fm2 |
1,000 pm2 |
1,000 nm2 |
1,000 µm2 |
10 cm2 |
10 a |
1,000 km2 |
1,000 Mm2 |
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10,000 fm2 |
10,000 pm2 |
10,000 nm2 |
10,000 µm2 |
100 cm2 |
10,000 m2 = 1 ha |
10,000 km2 |
10,000 Mm2 |
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100,000 fm2 |
100,000 pm2 |
100,000 nm2 |
100,000 µm2 |
1,000 cm2 |
10 ha |
100,000 km2 |
100,000 Mm2 |
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