Download Scale of the universe Table 1

Structure
Typical adult
human
Mass of the
total human
population
Mass (kg)
M0 (Solar
mass
where our
Sun's
mass is
equal to
1)
70 kg
--
11
4 x 10 kg
6 x 1024 kg
The Sun
1.9891 x 1030
kg
1
Solar System
Very Low mass
stars
Low mass stars
(includes the
Sun)
Intermediate
mass stars
Massive stars
Less than mass equivalent of
the energy of a photon at the
peak of the spectrum of the
cosmic microwave background
-40
radiation (4.2 x 10 kg)
Tobacco mosaic virus (6 x 10
kg)
3 x 10-6
-20
Human sperm cell (2.2 x 10-14
kg)
1.99 x 10 kg 1.0014
Human sperm cell (2.2 x 10-14
kg)
1029 kg
E. coli bacterium (1 x 10-15 kg)
30
0.5
1029 - 1030 kg 0.5-2.2
Human sperm cell (2.2 x 10-14
kg)
1030 kg
Yeast cell (6 x 10-14 kg)
2.2-5
5-150 (avg
10 - 10 kg 7-10)
Green algae cell (5 x 10-13 kg)
30
31
35
Globular cluster 10 kg
1.9 x 10
Black hole at
center of Milky
Way galaxy
1 x 106
Supermassive
black hole
Indescribably small
--
Earth
Scale Model mass equivalent
(Equivalents taken from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Orders_of_magnitude_(mass)) Comments
1036 kg
40
3.6 x 10 kg
--
5
The Sun is 332,946
times the Earth's
mass
The Sun makes up
most of the Solar
System's mass
Betelgeuse = 20
solar masses, 4 x
1031 kg
-9
Human egg cell (3.6 x 10 kg)
-Amount of caffeine in a cup of
coffee (2 x 10-4 kg)
Irregular galaxy 1039 - 1041 kg 108 - 1010 2 raisins (1 x 10-3 kg or 1 gram)
OJ287 = 3.6 x 1040
kg
Spiral galaxy
(includes our
own)
1.2 x 10-42 kg 1 x 1011
Elliptical galaxy
1038 - 1043 kg 107 - 1013
Milky Way = 5.8 x
12
10ml of water (1 x 10 kg or 10 10 solar masses,
grams)
1.2 x 1042 kg
From mosquito to an orange (1
x 10-6 kg to 1 x 10-1 kg or 100
grams)
-2
Local Group or
Cluster (includes
Milky Way
galaxy)
2-3 x 1042 kg
1.29 x
1012
Adult mouse (2 x 10-2 kg or 20
grams)
Galaxy cluster
1045 kg
1 x 10 15
Medium sized dog (1 x 101 kg or
10 kg)
Supercluster
1046 kg
1 x 10 16
Female lion (130 kg)
Galaxy filament
(filament found
through its
gravitational
lensing of the
Abell 222/223
supercluster)
1.5 x 1044 kg
Local
Supercluster
(includes Milky
Way galaxy)
Void
45
1-2 x 10 kg
--
1.5 x 1014 Chihuahua dog (1.5 kg)
1 x 10
--
Observable
universe (does
not include dark
51
matter or dark 6 x 10 kg to
52
energy)
3 x 10 kg
--
15
Thought to make
up over 50% of
the mass of the
Universe
Medium sized dog (1 x 101 kg or
10 kg)
---
Thought to contain
20% of the mass of
the Universe
3 x 1052 kg = 25
RMS Titanic, fully loaded (5.2 x billion Milky Way
7
10 kg)
galaxies
Universe
(includes dark
matter/energy
52
6 x 10 kg
About
22
10
RMS Seawise Giant, fully
loaded, largest ship ever built
8
(6.6 x 10 kg)
Dark matter (25%)
and dark energy
(70%) make up
95% of Universe's
mass. Ordinary
matter makes up
less than 5%.