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 area
Factor (m2) |
Multiple |
Value |
Item |
10−70 |
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2.6×10−70 m2 |
Planck area, [1] |
10−52 |
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10−52 m2 |
1 shed[2] |
... |
10−30 |
1 square femtometre (fm2) |
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10−28 |
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10−28 m2 |
1 barn, roughly the cross-sectional area of an uranium nucleus[3] |
10−24 |
1 square picometre (pm2) |
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10−20 |
1 square angstrom (Å2) |
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10−19 |
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5×10−19 m2 |
Area of a lipid bilayer, per molecule[4] |
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7.5-26×10−19 m2 |
Surface area of the 20 standard amino acids[5] |
10−18 |
1 square nanometre (nm2) |
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10−16 |
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1×10−16 m2 |
Globular proteins: solvent-accessible surface area of a typical globular protein, having a typical molecular weight of ~35000 daltons (quite variable)[6] |
10−14 |
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1.7×10−14 m2 |
Cross-sectional area of a nuclear pore complex in vertebrates[7] |
10−12 |
1 square micrometre (μm2) |
6×10−12 m2 |
Surface area of an E. coli bacterium[8] |
10−10 |
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1×10−10 m2 |
Surface area of a red blood cell[9] |
10−9 |
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6-110×10−9 m2 |
Range of common LCD screen pixel sizes[10] |
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7×10−9 m2 |
Area of a dot printed using 300 dots per inch resolution[11] |
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8×10−9 m2 |
Cross-sectional area of a straight human hair that is 100 um[12] in diameter[13] |
List of orders of magnitude for areas 10−8 to 10−1 square metres
Factor (m2) |
Multiple |
Value |
Item |
10−8 |
|
5.5×10−8 m2 |
Size of a pixel on a typical modern computer display |
10−7 |
|
2-4×10−7 m2 |
Cross-sectional area of a mechanical pencil lead (0.5-0.7 mm in diameter)[14] |
10−6 |
1 square millimetre (mm2) |
1–2 mm2 |
Area of a human fovea[15] |
2 mm2 |
Area of the head of a pin |
10−5 |
|
30–50 mm2 |
Area of a 6–8 mm hole punched in a piece of paper by a hole punch[16] |
10−4 |
1 square centimetre (cm2) |
2.9 cm2 |
Area of one side of a U.S. penny[17][18] |
5 cm2 |
Area of a typical postage stamp |
10−3 |
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11 cm2 |
Area of a human retina[19] |
46 cm2 |
Area of the face of a credit card[20] |
48 cm2 |
Largest side of a cigarette box |
10−2 |
1 square decimetre (dm2) |
0.01 m2 | Index card (3 × 5 inches)[21] |
0.060 m2 | American letter paper (11 × 8.5 inches, "A" size) |
0.0625 m2 | International A4 paper (210 × 297 mm) |
0.093 m2 | 1 square foot[22] |
10−1 |
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0.125 m2 | International A3 paper (297 × 420 mm) |
0.18 m2 | Surface area of a basketball (diameter 24 cm)[23][24] |
0.250 m2 | International A2 paper (420 × 594 mm) |
0.500 m2 | International A1 paper (594 × 841 mm) |
List of orders of magnitude for areas 100 to 107 square metres.
Factor (m2) |
Multiple |
Value |
Item |
100 |
1 square metre |
1 m2 | International A0 paper (841 × 1189 mm) |
1.73 m2 | A number commonly used as the average body surface area of a human[25] |
2–4 m2 | Area of the top of an office desk |
101 |
|
10–20 m2 |
A parking space |
70 m2 |
Approximate surface area of a human lung[26] |
102 |
1 square decametre (dam2) |
100 m2 |
One are (a) |
162 m2 |
Size of a volleyball court (18 × 9 metres)[27] |
202 m2 |
Floor area of a median suburban three-bedroom house in the US in 2010: 2,169 sq ft (201.5 m2)[28] |
261 m2 |
Size of a tennis court[29] |
103 |
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1,250 m2 | Surface area of the water in an Olympic-size swimming pool[30] |
4,047 m2 | 1 acre[31] |
5,400 m2 | Size of an American football field[32][33] |
7,140 m2 | Size of a typical football (soccer) field[34][35] |
104 |
1 square hectometre (hm2) |
104 m2 | Area of a city block (very approximate)[36] |
10,000 m2 | 1 hectare (ha)[37] |
53,000 m2 | Base of the Great Pyramid of Giza[38][39] |
105 |
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190,000 m2 | Irish National Botanic Gardens[citation needed] |
440,000 m2 | Vatican City[40] |
600,000 m2 | Total floor area of the Pentagon[41] |
106 |
1 square kilometre (km2) |
2 km2 | Monaco (country ranked 192nd by area)[42] |
2.59 km2 | 1 square mile[43] |
2.9 km2 | City of London (not all of modern London)[44] |
107 |
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59.5 km2 | Manhattan Island (land area)[45] |
61 km2 | San Marino[46] |
List of orders of magnitude for areas 108 to 1014 square metres.
Factor (m2) |
Multiple |
Value |
Item |
108 |
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105 km2 | Paris (inner city only)[47] |
~120 km2 | Walt Disney World[48] |
272 km2 | Taipei City[49] |
630 km2 | Toronto[50] |
109 |
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1100 km2 | Hong Kong[51] |
1290 km2 | Los Angeles, California, USA (city)[52] |
1800 km2 | Surface area of a typical neutron star[citation needed] |
1962 km2 | Jacksonville, Florida; largest city in the Continental US[citation needed] |
2188 km2 | Tokyo[53] |
5700 km2 | Bali[citation needed] |
8028 km2 | Community of Madrid, Spain[citation needed] |
1010 |
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11,000 km2 | Jamaica[54] |
68,870 km2 | Lake Victoria[55] |
84,000 km2 | Austria[56] |
1011 |
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100,000 km2 | South Korea[57] |
167,996 km2 | Jiuquan in China |
300,000 km2 | Italy[58] |
357,000 km2 | Germany[59] |
377,900 km2 | Japan[60] |
510,000 km2 | Spain[61] |
780,000 km2 | Turkey[62] |
1012 |
1 square megametre (Mm2) |
1.0 Mm2 | Egypt (country ranked 29th by area)[63] |
3.10 Mm2 | Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia (largest subnational governing body)[citation needed] |
7.74 Mm2 | Australia (country ranked 6th by area)[64] |
9 Mm2 | Largest extent of the Roman Empire[citation needed] |
1013 |
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10 Mm2 | Canada (including water)[65] |
14 Mm2 | Antarctica[66] |
14 Mm2 | Arable land worldwide[67] |
17 Mm2 | Russia (country ranked 1st by area)[68] |
30 Mm2 | Africa[69] |
36 Mm2 | Largest extent of the British Empire[citation needed] |
38 Mm2 | Surface area of the Moon[70] |
77 Mm2 | Atlantic Ocean[71] |
1014 |
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144 Mm2 | Surface area of Mars[72] |
150 Mm2 | Land area of Earth[73] |
156 Mm2 | Pacific Ocean[74] |
360 Mm2 | Water area of Earth[73] |
510 Mm2 | Total surface area of Earth[73] |
List of orders of magnitude for areas 1015 to 1026 square metres.
Factor (m2) |
Multiple |
Value |
Item |
1015 |
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1x1015 m2 | Surface area of the white dwarf, Van Maanen's star |
7.6x1015 m2 | Neptune[75] |
1016 |
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4.3x1016 m2 | Saturn[76] |
6.1x1016 m2 | Jupiter,[77] the "surface" area of the spheroid (calculated from the mean radius as reported by NASA). The cross-sectional area of Jupiter, which is the same as the "circle" of Jupiter seen by an approaching spacecraft, is exactly four times smaller than the surface-area of the overall sphere, which in the case of Jupiter is approximately 1.535e+16 square meters. |
1017 |
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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[78] |
1019 |
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3.0x1019 m2 | Surface area of the star Vega |
1020 |
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1022 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ Russ Rowlett (September 1, 2004). "Units: S". How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ "Other non-SI units". SI brochure. BIPM. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ ""Rule of thumb" for the area per molecule in lipid bilayer". BioNumbers. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ↑ "Individual Properties of the 20 Standard Amino Acids: Properties and Images". The Amino Acid Repository. Jena Library of Biological Macromolecules. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ↑ Janin, J. E. L. (1979). "Surface and inside volumes in globular proteins". Nature 277 (5696): 491–492. doi:10.1038/277491a0. PMID 763335.
- ↑ "The Nuclear Pore Complex". UIUC Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ↑ "E. coli Statistics". The CyberCell Database. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode:2005BpJ....89.2473M. doi:10.1529/biophysj.104.056168. 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". 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. 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. 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. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
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- ↑ 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. 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. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...5.8933S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008933. PMID 20126669. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
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- ↑ "Section 1.1" (PDF). Official Volleyball Rules 2011-2012. FIVB. 2010. 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. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ↑ "Area of a Tennis Court". The Physics Factbook. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ↑ Calculated: 50 m * 25 m = 1250 m^2
- ↑ "General Tables of Units of Measuremen". NIST. Retrieved 28 October 2011. "4046.87"
- ↑ "What are the Dimensions of a Football Field". Dimensions Guide. 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. 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". Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "General Tables of Units of Measuremen". NIST. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ↑ Greenberg, Ralph. "THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA (Some Elegant Numerical Relationships)". 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. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ↑ "The Pentagon - George Bergstrom". Great Buildings Online. 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. 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. 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. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
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- ↑ "California by Place: Los Angeles city". US Census. Retrieved 28 October 2011. "498.29 square miles"
- ↑ "OVERVIEW OF TOKYO". Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ↑ "Jamaica". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Lake Profile: Victoria". World Lakes. LakeNet. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ↑ "Austria". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "South Korea". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Italy". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Germany". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Japan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Spain". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Turkey". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Egypt". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Australia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ↑ "Canada". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Antarctica". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
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- ↑ "Russia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Map of Africa". Worldatlas.com. Retrieved 4 January 2012. "30,065,000 sq km"
- ↑ "Earth's Moon: Facts & Figures". Solar System Exploration. NASA. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "The World Factbook: Atlantic Ocean". Central Intelligence Agency. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ↑ "Mars: Facts & Figures". Solar System Exploration. NASA. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
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- ↑ "Neptune: Facts & Figures". Solar System Exploration. NASA. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Saturn: Facts & Figures". Solar System Exploration. NASA. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
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